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 PREFACE
TO THE THIRTY-NINTEI VOLUME.

L.S the Chroniclers of Naval Transactions, the periodical duty of

Retrospect on our past labours affords us that cheering gratification, which
will always result from labours honestly pursued, with views of general
good to all within their sphere of action ; with views not formed of wild
theories of human perfectability; mere schemes of the closet applied to
active life; systems of abstract reason to oppose the passions of man.
kind • delusive dreams of inexperienced theorists, at which the philosopher
of the world can only smile—and which the artful Seditionist only projects
with views of gain, at the expense, and in many instances the ruin, of
those who trust him. Not such are our labours.—As the Chroniclers of
Naval Transactions, and especially of those in which the interests and wel-
fare of Britain are immediately involved, our vigilance, in conjunction with
that of our active and intelligent coadjutors, has been directed to various
subjects of relative importance, and to consequent suggestions, either of
present or future adoption.
In the Regent's Speech at the close of the last Session of Parliament,*
we are assured of the pacific disposition of the Foreign Count—we are
willing to rely on it—and wish to see the advancement of Trade and Com-
merce, the chief objects, as they are indeed the chief interests, of a state
of Peace. But sorry we are to find, that in a certain quarter of the world
there is a disposition to try to the utmost the patience of its neighbourhood,
by alarming encroachments and preparations, wearing the appearance of
any thing but pacific intention. It is to be feared, indeed, that however
with the people trade and commerce may be found the chief objects of
consideration, views of a more brilliant but less solid nature prevail in the
government—the ambition of extended territory, and the military glory
acquired in the extension of it, operate on the minds of the powerful few
to whom the nation's strength and treasure are consigned,—and a probabi-
lity exists, that they will be engulfed in the vortex of martial conflicts, as
soon as jts martial strength is matured, in which mutual destruction will
again be substituted for mutual good ; and therefore, prudence dictates, on
our part, a strict observation, and correspondent measures ; and so far as
the NAVAL CHRONICLE can contribute in the way of suggestion to their
efficacy, its pages will be devoted on all occasions.
The contents of the present Volume, in its various departments, will be
found as usual, to their practicable extent, consistent with the genera'
professions of our Publication. In the Biography, we have commenced
with a well-authenticated memoir of the public services of Captain George
Mundy, C.B. in the series of which will be found, from the first entrance
of that gentleman into the British Navy, the characteristics, as they suc-
cessively developed themselves, of a highly respectable British officer.
Skill, courage, and discretion, are the qualities of Captain Mundy, and are
* See page 495.
Ml PREFACE.

the requisite qualifications of the higher gradations of command, and

which we have no doubt he will in due time attain. To this memoir is
attached a well-executed portrait, which we regret to say is an embellish-
ment we have been unable to present with aoy of the subsequent memoirs of
this Volume. We have given the second place in this department to a naval
character of considerable notoriety in his day, the late Admiral Sir Hugh
Palhser; the occurrences of whose publie life will be found interesting, and
in many respects exemplary, even in the present. The paucity of docu-
ments transmitted to us for the draught of the memoirs of Captains
Neville, Shipley, and Bettesworth, renders them less extensively interest-
ing than they would have been with a more copious supply of materials ;
but even as they are, it is impossible to peruse them, but with admiration
of the gallantry of their regretted subjects, and confidence in the effects of
their example.
From the practical services of the hero, we turn now to the no less
honourable, and useful character, who devotes a portion of his time to the
occasional consideration of the means whereby heroism may be rendered
most available to the country of the hero and her cause. And in the
honourable band of Patriots to which the NAVAL CHEONICLE owes so great
a portion of its value,firstappears that strenuous advocate for his country's
welfare, Robur, a signature most significantly appropriate to his style and
theme. His first letter, " On the Increase of our Naval Force," will be
found at page 41. To him in direct succession appears, p. 43, the zealous
and worthy Albion, " On Impressment," &c. : his warning voice deserves
attention. At page 53 are some judicious observations, by A Clerk of the
Weather Office, " On the Manners, &c, of the Navy." At page 56, our
readers will be pleased to see their old friend, Iron Gun, transmitting his
weighty observations on the comparative inequality of the discharge ofsliot
between the British and American 74's, in a letter, " On the Misnomered
U. S. Ship Franklin." At page 120, is inserted Robur's second letter,
" On the Increase of our Naval Force." Arion, in a letter to the Right
Hon. Viscount Melville, has offered some very good arguments on the sub-
ject of " Retired Lists for Post Captains and Commanders : " this letter
will be found at page 122. Page 127, presents a second letter to the Right
Hon. Lord Melville, from the indefatigable Albion, in the cause of British
Seamen ; Albion is one of those honest remonstrancers who rarely asserts a
grievance without suggesting a remedy. At page 184 is a Reply from
Mr. Urquhart to a Letter from the Ship-Owners' Society, inserted in the
following page. Robur's third letter, " On the Increase of our Naval
Force," page 198, enforces the expediency of keeping up our naval superi-
ority, by arguments clearly indisputable, and ought to be effective. At
page 202, is a letter from Spector, "On the intention of Government to
import Ship-timber from Trieste," &c : the letter is short, but valuable in
a high degree for the information it contains. At page 206 is an Address
to the Right Hon. Viscount Melville, from the sage Nestor, and it is an
Address worthy of his prospective wisdom: his subject is our "Naval
Force," and its inability to present a ship of equal force with the Ameri-
can Franklin. If in any future contest with America we are left to that
 PREFACE. Vil

unequal kind of combat which subjected the British Navy to such grievous
reverses in the last, a most weighty responsibility must fall on the naval
department of our government. The Americans have liberally sent it mo-
dels, and if it does not provide counterparts, it will be answerable for all
the unnecessary disgrace and destruction that may ensue from such neglect.
At page 215, our much-respected Correspondent, / . C presents some very
valuable observations " On our Naval Force." That peculiar description
of force so ably insisted on by him, is in fact so indispensably necessary,
that in the event of another war with America, the chance of defeat and
disgrace, with all its serious consequences to the country, will be ten to
one without it—our frigates will in fact be of little or no use at all. Robur's
fourth letter will be found at page 282; and it is especially gratifying, in
the assurance it gives, that orders have been issued for a considerable
addition to our naval force, on the American plan. A letter from T. ff«
p. 287, is eminently entitled to notice, from the important assertion (if it
be co'rrect), " that the Ipswich-built shipping has, hitherto, been perfectly
free from the dry-rot.'" At page 293, is a third letter to the Right Hon.
Viscount Melville, "On the State of the British Navy," written with his
usual zeal and ardour, and with such a course of argumentation, as evince in
Albion a mind intensely vigilant of all that afiFects the naval interests of his
country. At page 298, is a kind of Serio-comic Address, from Arion, to
The Most. Excellent and Mast Noble John Bull—on various points in
which his welfare is concerned: it is a letter highly creditable to the good
sense of Arion. At page 306, is a letter from Mr. Urquhart, to the Lord
Mayor, respecting British Seamen. Britannicus, " On Ship-building,"
page 311, is worthy of attention, as treating on a subject of the first
importance to the British Navy. The navy estimate of charge, as trans-
mitted by G. T. at page 311, presents, as to the number of ships, a gratify-
ing view of our naval force, as we hope it will in a short time be,
Oceanus, in his letter to the Right Hunonourable Viscount Melville, page
370, expresses some doubt on assertions that we most earnestly with
could be affirmed with certainty. At page 372 is a very material query
from Nestor. At 375, Juvenal has favoured us with the conclusion of his
" Historical Account of the Rise of the British Navy to the Command qf
the Ocean," for which we return him thanks, and shall be obliged by any
future communications from him consistently with the plan of our publica-
tion. At page 378, are some interesting observations relative to the
reported death of " Mungo Park," by J. M-, n. At page 382, our much
esteemed friend, Oriou, submits a few remarks on the too early promotion
of naval officers to command : the letter is short, but tlie subject is cer-
tainly important. At page 383, is the first letter of a series promised us
by W. addressed " To a Friend, relative to his Son's entering the Naval
Service," and if we may judge of the others by those we have given, they
will be entitled to much commendation, as an accurate picture of naval
life, and correct statement of the requisites for the formation of a naval
officer. Robur's sixth letter, " O n the Increase of the Navy," page 438,
resumes the subject of the inequality of force between the American and
British frigates, &c.: the subject is really so important, that the anxiety of
viii JREFACI:.
Rotmr, we are convinced, is general throughout the Navy, and in t*ie
minds of all who eonsider the future honour asid welfare of Britain. We
are happy in the re-appearance of Impartialk, as a Correspondent of the
NAVAL CHRONICLE : the subject of his letter is a justifiable -defence of
himself. We are confident in the good intentions of Impartialis, however
he may have erred in the expression of them. His letter will be found at
page 440. At page 445, is a letter from Mr. Urquharl, to the Eight
Hon. Earl Spencer, on the subject of the Trinity-House Corporation, in
which he states the nature of its original constitution, and the subsequent
deviations from its salutary regulations. At page 452, is an excellent letter
from Tiphys, to Viscount Melville ; its subject is miscellaneous, but in
every particular important.
We shall conclude our desultory recapitulation of theCorrespondence; with
the notice of two very valuable letters, one " On Naval Education, by
Nestor; and one to Viscount Melville, by Albion," On the Increase of the
Navy of Foreign Powers," pages 461 and 463 : our limits will not admit of
any comments, but we are sure they will be read with much commendation
of the views and suggestions of these benevolent and patriotic writers.
From this cursory review of some of the most prominent articles -of our
Correspondence, it is indeed obvious that a spirit of real Patriotism pre-
vails throughout, and in the thorough perusal of it, the talents and informa-
tion of the writers will be no less so, and will do them honour, not only in
the minds of their cotemporaries, but also in the estimation of posterity—
may they persevere in their laudable endeavours, and prevail—as we are
convinced they have in a great degree, to the benefit of their country in its
naval concerns, and to the credit of that department of the State which has
the superintendence of them.
In the Hydrographicai division of our work, we have to acknowledge our
obligations to " An Old Stager," for his observations on the Variation of the
Compass. To " P/ioca," for his Remarks, a priori, on our Expedition to
the North Pole ; and to Captain Krusenstern, for an interesting article
relative to Lieutenant Kotzebue's late Voyage to the South Seas. To James
Horsburgh, Esq. also our thanks are due, for a communication of the
ascertained site of the shoal called Cumbrian's Reef, or Gadd's Rock.
The Poetry of the Volume consists chiefly of contributions from Mrs.
M'Mullan, a lady whose poetic talents have been submitted to the judg-
ment of the public in a more ample and connected display, and we trust
with that favourable success they merit. To C. for his " Family Voyage/
we return our due acknowledgments.
To Dr. Burney, for the regular transmission of his Meteorological Jour-
nal, we return our very respectful thanks, and are happy in the opportu-
nity of relieving ourselves in some degree from the weight of obligation
derived from its value, by the expression of them.
To our Subscribers, and to the Purchasers in general of the NAVAL
CiutoNicLE, for the constancy of their Patronage, we offer oar periodical
and due return of thanks, and the assurance of our endeavours to main-
taw the highly respectable character it has borne through a regular anil
uninterrupted course of NINETEEN years' publication.
 BIOGRAlmC,\L .'\lE~lOll:

OF

CAPT AIN GEORGE MUNDY, C.B.

" Thou wert s" ift, 0 Morar, as a roe on the desert; terrible as a meteor
·.i fire. Thy wrath was as the stnrm. Thy sword in hattie as lightning ill the
field. Many fell by thy arm; they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath.
But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow. Thy face
~'a. like the snn after rain; like the moon in the silence of the night, calm as
the breast of the lake when the loud wint! is laid."-OSSIAN.

P ATRIOTISM, constancy, fortitude, and intrepidity, are

the distinguishing traits of the British navy; qualities inse.
parable from that gallant profession; but when these qualities are
associated in an individual, with the gentler virtues of generosity
and humanity, perfect urbanity of manners, and all the mild cour.
tesies and accomplishments of the gentleman, the exhibItion of such
a character becomes almost a public duty. The following sketch,
therefore. of the life and professional services of a distinguished
officer now living, is presented to the public, in order that, by
holding forth an example of existing and cotemporary excellence,
it may serve as an honorable beacon to those youths who, on
entering their profession, are in danger of being wrecked on the
shoals of error, either from the baneful influence of prejudice,
defective education, or evil example.
Doubtless the most beneficial effects result to youth, from record.
ing the virtues and heroic deeds of the illustrious dead; but, it is
presumeil, the biography of modern characters, and the illustra.
tion of their merit" may more immediately and directly interest
the feelings, and influence the moral conduct of many novices in
their profession, who are apt to imagine that it is more difficult to
be great and good, and to acquire distinction in the present than in
former times; than which a more erroneous notion cannot exist,
for they may be assured, that there is no period, and no situation,
wherein a steady aoherence to the dutie~ of their prorcs,ion, inte.
grity of principle, patience in dangers, perseverance in difficulties,
gr)od judgment, humanity, and, above all, a jl\st and honol'.\1.>ie
 N AV AL BIOGRAPH Y".

conduct towar(IM their brother officers, will not lead to fair fame
and honours, and to universal respect and esteem.
The following memoirs will furnish a striking application to the
foregoing remarks.
Captain George Mundy is the third son of Edward Miller
Mundy, Esq. of Shipley Hall, in Derbyshire, one of the repre~
sentatives for that county, and of Frances, daughter of Godfrey
Meynell, Esq. of Yeldersley, in the same county. He was born
on the 3d March, 1777, and at an early age was sent to Eton
School, where he remained until the year 1789, when he was re.
moved to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth; where having
completed his studies, he was placed in his Majesty's frigate th&
Blanche, commanded by Captain Christopher Parker, father of
the late Sir Peter Parker, Bart.* who fought so gallantly, and fell
so gloriously in the late war with America. During the short
period of his services under that excellent officer, Mr. Mundy
experienced the most marked kindness and attention from him,
of which he has ever retained the most grateful recollection.
The Blanche having sailed for the West Indies, touched at
Madeira T and Teneriffe. At the latter place, from long ex?osure
to fatigue and wet during an excursion up the country, Mr. Mundy
contracted a severe illness, which had increased to such a degree by
t
the time the Blanche arrived at Antigua, that his captain deemed
it advisable to send him back to England withoutloss of time, and
the Perseus being about to sail, he returned home in her.
His native air having re-established his health, he was appointed
to the Victory, from whence he was l'emoved into the Juno fri-
gate, commanded by Captain Samuel Hood.§ It was under tnat
inflstimable officer, that our youth served, it may be said, the
apprenticeship of his profession; and singular it would have been,
if under the auspices of such a commander, he had not acquired

" For an account of this officer's death, vide vol. xxxv. p. 344; and funeral,
vol. xxxiii. p. 372: and at vol. XXXVl'. palle 419, 42rl, are some admirable
Latin anu English Line, to l,i, Memory, written by his Brother-in.law, Master
R. C. Dallas, son of Sir George Dallas, Bart. aged only eleven years.
t Diffennt VIEWS of the Island of Madeira are given III vols. xx. p. 386 •
:uii. p. 213; and xxvili. p. 53. '
* F~r a VIEW of St. ,John's Harbour, Antigua, see N.C, vol. iti. p. 456,
§ V.rle N.C. vol. XVII. p.i, for a portrait and memoir of Sir Samuel Hooel With
faG-simile of Ius wIltmg before and lifter the 109S of his aflll. '
 CAPTAIN GEOR'H: MUNDY, C.B. 3

that illtim:1tc knowledge of his duties, and those qualities of intre.

pidity and firmness of mind, which so peculiarly marked the cha.
racter of that much lamented officer.
Having cruised some time in the Bay of Biscay, the Juno joined
*
Vice.admiral Lord Hood's fieet, which on the breaking out of
the French revolutionary war, proceeded to the Mediterranean,
and she was employed, with some other frigates, to visit the ports
of Genoa, Leghorn, and Naples, + and to give convoy from them
to Smyrna.
While in Genoa, the crews of the British ships lJad a serious
fracas with the crew of the French frigate Modeste, who came on
shore in a state of complete intoxication, having been celebrating
the horrid tenth of August, and attacked with their cutlasses the
British tars, who, having no oiher arms than boat-hooks and
stretchers, gav~ them a sound drubbing, killing two of them.
The squadron having visited Smyrna, and Malta,:j: the Juno
wall detached from the latter place up the Adriatic to Ancona,
where taking -a convoy under her charge, she returned to Malta,
.and on the 3d of January, 1794, sailed for Toulon,§ in the har.
llOur of which place that memorable incident occurred, in which
the character of the British seaman for cool intrcpidity and daunt.
less bravery shone so conspicuous. For the particulars of this
gallant affair, the reader is referred to Captain Hood's official Jet.
ter, II which for manliness and energy of style cannot be snrpassed,
and whick will ever prove a valuable record of English valour.
After the above singular escape from a'ou]on, the Juno was em ..
ployed in blockading Corsica until the siege of Fiorenzo, when
she was ordered, in concert with the Fortitude, of 74 guns, to
attack a martello tower,' mounting only two guns; on which
occasion they were repulsed with some loss on the part of the
laHer ship. This new and formidable mode of defence at once
a&tonished and confounded our naval officers. The courage of our

* For memoir of Admiral Lord Hood, see vol. u. p. 1; and at pagF..400 of

vol. xl.-wili be found an excellently engraved portrait of hi, Lord;hip.
t See N.C. vol. x. p. 51. for VIEW of Naples Boy and Mount Vesuvius; and
vol. XXVii. p.324. for CHART of the Bay of Naples.
; In N.C. vol. VIIi. p. 1:21, is given a VIEW of Malta.
§ Vide vol. il. pp. 297. 401, for a OHAIIT and VIEW of Toulon.
n Vide N.C. vol. p.
,-r For VIEW of a i\lartcllo Tower, see vol. xxii. p. 107.
4 NAVAL BlOGIlAPl'.Y.

tars, however, was only increased by the resi.tance that waSl

made. With incredible labour and perseverance they dragged call.
nOli up the heights whieh oommanded the forts and martello tower,

and St. Fiorenzo surrendered. In all these operations, Mr. Mundy

hore a constant share.
Soon after this, our officer followed Captain Hood into VAigle
frigate, which was actively employed in assisting the besiegers of
Bastia* and Calvi. In October, 1794, VAiglc sailed for Leg.
horn to refit, and was employed, during the ten succeeding
months, in cruising in the Archipelago, audprotccting the Smyrna
convoys.
Mr. Mundy having now completed the period of his services as
midsliipman, quitted his brave captain with unfeigned regret, and
proceeded to St. Fiorenza, where he was made lieutenant by Vice-
admiral Sir J ohn Jervis, t then commanding the fleet, into the
St. George, Captain Peard, his commission bearing date 27th
January,1796. In this ship, whieh was engaged in the blockade
of Toulon under Sir John Jervis, he continued until the month of
July following, when he was removed into the Blenheim, Captain
Frederick, t w hieh ship, soon after this period, accompanied the
fleet to Corsica, and assisted at the evacuation of that island. In
the latter end of November, the fieet sailed to Gibralar.
In December, the fleet sailed for Lisbon; and in the middle of
January, Sir J. Jervis, having refitted his fleet, sailed from the
Tagus, and early in February was joined by six ships of the line
from England, a most wdcOlne and seasonable reinforcement, as
he had received information from every vessel he had spoken with
for seveia! days past, that the Spanish fleet was out, and within a.
few leagues of him.
On the morning of the 14th, the euemy were joyfully descried
by -the British fieet, and soon after that glorious action commenced.
which terminatclI so triumphantly in fa.or of the latter, whose
promptitude of action, skill, and intrepidity unexampll'd, pre.
vailed over a foe confident ill his strength, and ill his immense

* See vol. II. p 68. for (I V fEW of B"8!1a.

For portrait a~d 1lle.il'OIr QI Str John
t JerVIS, af[erward~ Earl St. Vincent, the
reader IS referred [0 voJ. IV. p. 1.
t In VOl. XXXVII. N.C. p. <.265c. i~ ~ blogt aphical me.{lloir of Captaiu, afterwards
Rear.admlral Thomas LCIW;' Fredenck,
 CAPTAIN GEORGE MUNDY, C.B. 5

superiority of numbers. The Blenheim was amongst the ships

most warmly engaged, as her list of killed and wounded sufficiently
indicated; viz. 12 of the former, and 45 of the latter. At one
period of the action, she had a four.decked enemy's ship on her
larboard beam, a three. decker on her larboard quarter, and
another on her larboard bow, with three two. deckers a.stern of
them, constantly firing upon her.
The British fleet sailed to IJisbon to refit, when Captain
Frederick returning to England on his promotion, Lieutenant
Mundy was removed into the Victory, in which he served as
fourth lieutenant until the latter end of July, when she was ordered
home. He was immediately appointed to the Goliah, Captain
Foley, and joined her on the night of the bombardment of Cadiz.
The Goliah composed part of a squadron that was principally
employed in blockading that port, which being relieved by the
squadron under the command of Sir Roger Curtis,* ~ailed to join
Sir Horatio Nelson's + squadron off Toulon, On their arrival off
this port, they learnt that the grand Egyptian armament, under
linonaparte, had sailed from thence a few days before. Sir Horatio
Nelson immediately proceeded in quest of them, and after a pur.
suit of most extraordinary diligence and perseverance, his unwearied
labonrs were repaicl, on the first of August, by the most gloriou5
and decisive victory that ever was gained by the British navy.:t:
So many detailed and accurate accounts have already been pub.
lished of this action, that it would be su pertiuous here to enter into
particular$ thereof. Suffice it to say, that the Goliah had the
distinguished honor to lead into action, which she did in great
style, and attacked her opponent, Le Conquerant, followed by the
Zealous, Captain Hood, who nobly seconned her, attacking Le
G!.Ierrier, who soon struck her c4»ours.
At the awful period of the blowing up of L'Oriept, many of
the enemy had struck, but the action continued with the remainder
uutil thrce o'clock in the morning. At daylight the gallant

~ A portrait and memOIr of Sir Roger Curtis Wilt be fo.md In vol. VI. p.261.
+ See N. C. VOI.III. p.157, for porlrait and bIOgraphical lllemOlr of Admiral
tord ViScount Nehqn.
~ Sec N.C. \'01. i. pp. 43. 521, for an engraved VIEW of the Action between the
French and English f\eel~ m Aboukir Bll]; and al.o ol1icial and other ltccounla
,dative to the actIOn.
6 NAVAL BIOGRAPHY.

admiral found in his possession the whole of the ship!; which Jay to
the northward of VOrient. Le Mercure and VHeureux being
observed a-ground, the Goliah and Theseus were ordered down to
engage them, waen they struck their colours. The GoHah suffered
much in killed and wounded, and was so severely cut up in her
sails aud rigging, that when ordered to assist the Zealous in the
pursuit which she had gallantly commenced of the two remainin~
French ships, Le Genereux, and Gnillaume TelI,* she had not a.
single sq nare sail to set.
Our readers will pardon us, if in this place we insert an extl."act
from a pUblication of Mr. Coleridge, the intimate friend of Cap_
tain Ball, of the Alexander, detailing a very interesting incident
relative to this action:-
.. III the plan of the hattie of the Nile, it waS Sil" H. Nelson's design,
that Captains Ball and Troubridget should have led up the attack. The
latter was stranded; and the former, by accident of the wind, could not
bring his ship into the line of battle till some time after the engagement had
become general. With his characteristic foresight and activity of (what
may not be improperly called) practical imaginatlola., be had made arrange-
ments to meet every possiblt! contingency. All the shrouds and sails of the
ship not absolutely necessary for its immediate management, were tho-
roughly wetted, aud so rolled up, that they were as hard, and as little
inflammable, as so many solid cylinders of wood. Every sailor had his
appropriate place and function, and a certaiu number were appointed as the
firemen, whose sole duty it was to be on the watch if any part of the vessa!
should take fire, and to these men exclusively the charge of extinguishing it
wai committed. It was already dark when be broug}Jt his sl,ip into action,
I\ndlaid her alongside L'Orient.
" One particular only I shall add to the kno\vn account of the memorable
engagement between these two ships, and this I receh'ed from Sir Alexander
Ball himself. He had previously made a combustible preparation, but
which, from the nature of tbe engag('ment to he expected, he bad purposed
to reserve for the last emergency; but just at the time when, from several
~YI~ptoms,. he had every ~ea&on to believe that the enemy would soon
strike to blm, one of Ihe lJeutennnts, without his knowledge, threw in the
c~mbllstible matter, an? this i~ was that occa~ioned the tremendous explo-
sIon of that vessel, wInch, WIth tilt: deep silence and iurerruption of tbe

* See vol. IV. p. !35. for an engraved Plate representing Le Guill&llme Ttll
on the mornlllg of her capture. ill ber escape from Malta. '
+ For biographical memOIr and portrait of Admiral Sir TIJOmas Troubridge.
lIart. see vol. 11"111. p. 1 ; and A4denda to the memfllr, vol•II~' ""6 •
• lIYllI. p.uo
 CAI"U,IN GEORGE MUNDY, C.B. '7
engagement that succeeded to it, has been justly deemed 't~e sublimest war
iClI:ident recorded in history. Yet the incident which followed, and which
has not, I believe, been publicly made known, is scarcely less impressive,
though its sublimity is of a different description. At the renewal of the
battle, Captain Ball, though his ship was then on fire in three different
places, laid her alongside a French eighty. four, and a second longer
obstinate contest began. The firing on the part of the French ship having
at length for some time slackened, and then altogether ceased, and yet no
sjgn given of surrender, the senior lieutenatlt came to Captain Ball, and
informed him that the hearts of his men were as good ds ever, but that they
were so completely exhausted, that they were scarcely capable or lifting an
arm. He asked therefore whether, as the enemy had ceased firing, the
men might be permitted to lie down by their guns for a short time. After
~ome reflexion, Captain Ball acceded to the proposal, taking of course the
proper precautions to rouse them again at the moment he thought requisite.
Accordingly, with the exception of himself, his officers, and the appointed
watch, the ship's crew lay down, each in the place to which he was sta-
tioned, and slept there twenty minutes. They were then roused, and
$tarted up (as Captain Ball expresses it) more like men ant of an ambush
th'an from sleep, so coinstantaneously did they all obey the summon,s.
They recommenced their fire, and in a few minutes the enemy surrel"
dered; and it was soon after discovered, that during that interval, and
almost immediately after the French ship had first ceased firing, her crew
had sunk down by their guns, and there slept, almost Ly the side, as it ~ere,
of their sleeping enemy."
To return to our narrath'e :-The admiral having sailed with
part of his fleet to Naples, left the GaHah, and two other ships of'
the liue, in the Bay of Abonkir, where their boats were employed
in many active services against the armed vessels of the enemy, and
in annoying his detachments proceeding to Alexandria. The
Goliah soon after joined the admiral at Naples, and proceede(l
early in October to Malta, and commenced, in conjunction with
some other ships of the line, nnder the command of Captain Ball,
the blockade of that island. The Isle of Goza soon su.rrendered,
but Malta did not capitulate till after a blockade of two years; it
was starved into a surrender.
The GoHah had not beel' on this station more than two months,
when Lieutenant Mundy received the gratifying intelligence that
he had been appointed by Lord St. Vincent to the command of the
'Transfer brig, of 14 guns, which he joined in the month of
February, 1799, off Cadiz, which was at that period blockaded
 NAVAL B10GRApIty.

by the fleet under tllC command of Lord Keith. During the whole
time he commanded this small vessel, Captain Mundy was con.
stantly engaged in operations of no small hazard and difficulty;
this duty falling very heavy on him, on account of the great want
of frigates and small craft in the British Beet. Early in March the
Transfer sailed, under the orders of the Majestic, to cruise on the
coast of Spain, between Malaga and Cape de Gatte. A few days
after they fell in with a polacca French privateer, of the same
force as the Transfer, and chased her into a small bay near the
town of Salorna. Here she sheltered herself under a small circular
fort of three long twenty-four pounders. The boats of the M'ajes w

tic were sent in to destroy her, but wete soon repulsed by the
fort. The next morning the Transfer was signalled to ('over the
boats in the attack. Captain Mundy lost no time in fulfilling his
orders, made sail into the bay, and notwithstanding the great
disparity of force, anchored with a spring on his cable a breast of
the fort. The boats boarded and set' fire to the brig, fortunately
without meeting the smallest resistance, the fort only firing one
gun over the Transfer.
The Transfer rej'oincd the fleet olf Cadiz 1< at the end of April,
almost immediately ;tfter which, intelligence was received that the
French fleet, of nineteen sail of the line, ap.d several frigates, were
close at hand, steering for Cadiz. Captain Mundy was ordered to
look out to the westward, while the fleet got unde .. weigh. The
next morning the weather was thick and foggy, and when it
cleared, the Trapsfer found herself within two miles of twu
French frigates, by whom she was nearly captnred. The whole.
of the enemy's fieet appeared soon after. Lord Keith + imme.
diately endeavoured to close with them, notwithstanding- he found
himself placed between two hostile fleets, superior in number.
For threc days, however, his attempts were baffled by continual
gales of wind, his ships frequently drifting very close to the shore.
At length the enemy was seen going round Trafalgar into the
Straights, when the Transfer was ul)spatcli('d "'ith thc information
to Lord St. Vincent, at Gibraltar The fleet followed soon after,

" A VIEW of Cadiz from the sdutbw.rd IS gIven in vol. xx",. p. 45.
t Se~ N.C. vol. It. p. 1, for port ran and memoir M Admiral Lord Keith.
 CAPTA..IN GEORGE MUNDY, C.B.

311d Lord St. Vincent having hoisted his flag, sailed in quest of the
enemy.
We shall he forgiven if we digress here for a moment, to relate
au act of herQism truly characteristic of a British seaman. Admiral
Frederick, the same officer who commanded the Blenheim in the
battle of St. Vincent, was confined to his bed at Gibraltar, far
gone in a consumption. Lord St. Vincent ordered him to be
informed of the app1'oach of the enemy, offering him a brig to
convey him to Tetuan,* in order that he might, if he pleased,-
hoist his flag in the Egmont, which ship was watering there, little
thinking, perhaps, that circumstanced as he was, he would accept
his offer; but Frederick, who had nobly done his duty on the
14th of February, would not sMeld himself under the plea of
sickness whell another day of combat appeared to be at hand. He
caused himself to be carried on board the brig, and on the fleet
coming through the Gut, he was put on board the Princess Royal,
his own ship. As long as there wer<! any hopes of coming to
action, he kept his spirits up, and became, as it were, a new man:
but when the painful signal flew, "to give over the pnrsuit,"
from that moment his manly spirit drooped, his artificial strength
,quickly fled, and fast withering like the auturunal leaf~ he lived
but to reach his native land,.
On the 2.0th of May, the fleet, while in pursuit of the elJemy,
encountered a violent gale of wind, on which occasion the Transfer
.nearly foundered. Having repaired her damages at Port Mahon,
she sailed with despatches for I~ord Nelson to Naples, under
whose orders she remained until the month of September, when
Captain Mnndy was despatched to Captain Trouhridge, in Naples
13.y. On the :lath of the same month was concluded that nego~
ciation so honorable to the British navy, and her, brave and pen;\!.
vering commander, surrendering, on the part of General Garnier,
Rome, Civita Vecchia, &c. &c. and a large army of French, on
condition that they should be scnt by sea to 'France. All the pub..
lie pJulIll'er made at Portici, Caserto, Naples, &c. &c. which
had been convcyed to Rome, was placed in the hands of the Regent
for the two §icilies; and in short the whole Roman State was
freed from the Gallic yoke.

" For a VlEW ofTEtuall, on the coast of Morocco, vide N.C. \01. x. t'. 141.

J~Ill.1. I!tbron. Vol. XXXIX. c

10 NAVAL BIOGRAPHY.

Captain Mundy arrived at Palermo with the important despatches

()(l the first of October; and on this occasion perhapshemight not
have been deemed too sanguine, had he calculated on the honor of
being sent overland with the official reports to the British govern.
ment, or on receiving some mark of distinctiou from the Sicilian
monarch; but Captain Mundy was not formed of that pliant stuff
tha:t could bend the knee to the haughty Armida of those days,
whose fascinations had so long, and so injuriously to his fame,
held in magic thraldom England's illnstrious Rinaldo; and who
exercised at that period so unlimited a sway in the councils of that
weak and voluptuous court.
The Transfer now sailed for Malta, where she was employed
under the orders of the Marquis de Niga, Portuguese admiral,
who was holding that island in blod.ade, and on the 20th of
January, 1800, she was despatched to Alexandria with letters for
Sir Sidney Smith, under which enterprising commander he served
until the month of July, when receiving his commission as post
captain, he sailed for England, and finding on his arrival that his
commission was not confirmed, he was obliged to act for another
captain in the Swan sloop for some mouths, when he was pro-
moted into the Vengeance, 74, then fitting out for the Copen.
hagen expedition; but Captain Duff* superseding him, he was
appointed to the Carysfort frigate, of which ship he took
possession in May, 1802, and continued in command of her until
October following, when he was appointed to the Hydra frigate,
38 guns.
It was about this period that Buonaparte was meditating his
grand scheme of invasion ; for which purpose, his whole thoughts
appeared to have been bent in constructing gun.boats, and other
armed vessels, in the different ports of France. Although these
mighty preparations never gave the British government any serious
alarm, it was at least thought necessary to keep a strict watch over
the enemy's operations, and to endeavour to prevent the passage
of their small convoys from one porilLo another. Accordingly a
number of frigates were despatched to the French coast on this
service. The station allotted to the Hydra was partly Havre,
and the adjacent harbours, and partly that of Guernsey and Jer ..

.. .For portrait and memoir of Captain GCOf<>C

Q
Dulf see N C vo1. x v p. '"~6,).~
, • • II
_
 CAPTAIN GEORGE MUNDY, C.B. 11
Sf'y. She saileu from Spithead ill July, 1803, and continued oU
that anxious and fatiguing service until the summer of 1804, during
which period Captain Mundy, by his vigilance and activity, suc-
ceeded in capturing tllfee armed vessels of the enemy, and in
harassing and interrupting his various convoys. In the course of
the winter, the Hydra was several times in imminent danger of
shipwreck, the service he was upon requiring him to keep very
close in with the shore, and the navigation on that coast being
intricate, and dangerous in rough weather.
Early in August, Captain Mundy sailed with convoy to Malta,
an~ joined Lord Nelson's fieet off St. Sebastian,* on the coast of
Spain, about the middle of October, 1804; soon after which, he
was ordered off Toulon, to watch the French fleet, under the orders
()f the Han. Captain Capel, of the Phrebe. From that period he
was employed in a variety of services under Lord Nelson, until
the beginning of April, 1805, when, in consequence of intelli-
gence arriving of the esc'lpe of the French fief't from Toulon,
he received the following ordm' from his Lordship, ajae-simile of
w hose signature we here pre~en t to the reader ; -
sm, Victory, April6tll, 1805.
Proceed as expeditiously as possible along the coast of SardlOia, and off
the Madalena Islands, but do not go inlo the harhour, or anchor; and
send your Loat on shore to the town of ~'ladalena, to enquire if the gover-
nor has seen 01 heard of the French fleet's having; passed the Streights of
Bonafacio; you will t1Jen join me ofI Palermo, which is my next ren-
dezvous.
After lca'ing, Sardinia, should you see tlle Termagant or Chdderff, you
will direct them to join me; a'l this is a service of great importance, I rely
{lPOIl your exertions to execute It.

I am, Sir, your most obedient SE;rvant,

Captain Mnndy, fI. M.S. Hydra.

Not having been able to ohtain any information of the enemy's

fleet, Captain Mundy rejoined Lord Nelson, who having at ~ength

.... See vol. ux. p.416, N. C. for VIEW of St. SebastJan; and for, Chijrt and
Map of the same place, vol,. XXI. p. 476, and XXIll. p. 473.
12 NAvAL nrOGRAruy.

obtained intelliO"ence
" ,
that in conJ·unction with the Spanish fleet, it
had passed the Streights, immediately sailed in quest of it, leaving
the Hydra under the orders of Vice.admiral Collingwood, who
procO('ded to blockade Cadiz harbour. On this duty he remained
until the return of Lord Nelson'S fleet in Octob~r, when AdmiraI~
Collingwood took occasion to express himself thus handsomely of
Captain Mundy, in a letter to the gaJiant admiral :-" I alii
extremely well pleased with Captain Mundy. His vigilance and
activity arc exemplary.* Those only who know how to appreciate
fair fame acquired by zealons and meritorious condnct, can estimate
the value of the ' Laudari a laudato viro.''' This cheering and
animating feeling, oftentimes the only solace of the brave man,
the" mens conscia recti," has for the most part been the only
recompence of the sul1ject of the present memoir, through a long
and anxiolls series of services. Never having propitiated the bHnd
and partial goddess, she never threw into his power the trade of
Ilis country's foes, whose capture has enriched and rendered inde-
pendent so many of his brave associates in arms. His has been a
life of watching, fatigue, and persevering zeal; and if ever he suc-
ceeded in capturing an enemy, it was an enemy \~ith arms in his
hands. To a mind animated with such feelings as his, what mllst
have been his mortification, to be detached but a very few days
llrevious to the ever. memorable action off Trafalgar, from his sta.
tion off Cadiz (where he was watchiug, under the orders of Cap-
tain Blackwood, the enemy's comuined fleet), to Teluan and
Gibraltar, to procure stores, water, and 1lrovisions, by which
circumstance he was prevented being a partaker of the immortal
glories of that day, that dt:cisive day, ~hich turned the destinies
of Europe, gave a death blow to Buonaparte's favorite scheme,
and ardent hopes of obtaining the empire of the seas, and when the
sun of Gallia's naval glory ['ot, perhaps, for ever.
Captain M.llllly was now directed b}' Vice-admiral Lord Col.
lingwood + to cruise off the Spanish coast; and received a special
order frOlD bim to take his station off Cadiz light-house, for the
purpuse of closely blockading that port, having the Moselle umler
his orders; in the executio~ of which duty his vigila.nce was soon
if Vtde CI.rke'. Lde of Nelson. p"ge
t A portrall and blDgr.pllleal memoir of Vlce·admiral Lord Collingwood will
be found, vol. xv. p.353. '
 cAPTA.IN GEO:rWE MUNDY, C.B.

rewarded by toe capture of a fine man of war brig, which he took

ill face of her consorts, a squadron of frigates, which were in the
right observed by him making their escape from that harbour.
The following is a copy of his official letter on the subject : -
MY LORD, H.M.S. Hydra, at Sea, February 27th, 1[1015.
I have the honor to represent, that ilt half.past 9 P.M. last evening,
Cadiz light-house bearing east three miles, and standing in·shore with II'
~trong easterly wind, we discO\'ered the enemy's squadron of fl·igates
already outside of us, the Mozelle making the signal for them at the same
moment. I instantly bore up, illtendlllg to steer on a parallel whh the
enemy. in order to watch their movements. We had the satisfaction to
find lhat we gained upon them. At eleven, seeing they steered a steady
rourse, I commenced firiog alarm !(uns, and throwing up rockets, and'
ordered Captain Carden, whose attention and assistance has been very
great during the short time he has been under my command, to steer
W. by N. in order to give YOUl' Lordship the intelligence. At two I found
we had closed the squadron considerahly, in consequence of their having
altered their course one point to the we5tward; and on observing one of
them to be much a-stern of the rest, I thought it very possible to cut her
(Iff; therefore hauled up, and after a chase of two hours, succeeded in
coming up with hel', she firing hel' broad.ide at our rigging, and surren-
dered. I find her to be La Furet, French mRn of war brig, commanMd by
Monsieur Demay, lieutenant de vais.enu, mounting eighteen long nme·
pounders, with a complement of one hundred and thlrt,y·two men, only
four years old, and of the largest dimensions, stored and victualled for five
months, of all species. The remaining part of the squadron, at the time
we chased the above vessel, bore about S.E. by S. by compass, 40 miles
from Cape St. 1V1ary, and were steering W.N.W.
From the prisoners, we learn that lhe squadron consisted of L'Hortense,
La Themis, La Rhin, aBd L'Hermione frigates, and I.e Furet, captured by
Lis Majesty's ship Hydra. The frigates are provisioned and stored for six
months, and !Ja~·e each sevrn hundred men 01, board, the greater part
soldiers. I have the honor to be, &c.

Tlte Right Hon. Lord Col-

un~l"ood, Commander.
w-~hiif, 9 c.
In the end of March, the Hytlra sailed with hcr prize to
Gibraltar to refit, and having soon after quitted that port, fell in
with, and captured, after a chase of two hundred and thirty miles,
the Argonauta Spanish schooner. She was a very fine vessel, and
was proceeding to Buenos Ayres with despatches. In June fol.
lowing the Hydra was despatched to Sicily with a convoy of trans.
14 NA.YAL RJOGnAPHY.

ports, having on board a brigade of infantry, under the command

Qfthe Hon. Brigadier-general Meade.
In September she sailed for Algiers, with the British Consul-
general; and in Novemb.er rejoined Lord Collingwood. No par-
ticular event occurred until the month of April, 1807, when Cap-
tain Mundy was directed to reconnoitre Malaga. Proceeding thi-
ther, he fell in with a division of Spanish gun_boats, which he
immediately attacked and dispersed, taking one, and driving
another on shore. The enemy lost an officer and fifty men. On
the 16th of May he captured the Tigre Spanish schooner, letter of
marque; and in the beginning of August following, while cruising
off the coast of Catalonia, he chased three armed pulaccas into the
harbour of Begu, all of which were captured, after a most gallant
conflict, the boats of the nydra landing, and taking possession of
the fort, mounting four twenty-six pounders. For this dashing
enterprise, the Committee for the Patriotic Fund presented Cap-
tain Mundy with a sword, value one hundred guineas.
We cannot withhold from our readers Captain Mundy's interest_
ing report of the action to Vice-admiral Lord Collingwood, with
his Lordship's reply, together with Rear-admira.l Purvis's letter,
expressive of the approhation of the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, who, very much to their credit, immediately mada
Lieutenant Drury a commander, for his gallant conduct on the
occasion.
MY WRD, H.M.S. Hydra, at Sea, 7tll .dUgtlst, 18Q7.
I have the honor to relate, that I chased three armed p[)lacca~ into the
harbour ot Begu, on the coast of Catalonia, late last night, and having re-
connoitred this morning, deemed an attempt 011 them practicable, although
Ilnder the close protection of a battery arrrJ tower.
At fifty minutes after noon the ship was anchored, with springs nn the
ea.bles, at the entrance of the port, and Legan the attack. A smart lire
was returned by the enc\ny, wtnch however considerably slackened, afler
somel,'hat Jj10re tban an nour's actIOn j on perceiving which, I ordered a
party of 50 seamen and marine., under the command of the second
~enteoant, Mr. ?rnry, .v.it~ Lieutenants Hayes and Pengelly, of the ma-
fInes, Mr. F}nlmson, nlld~lllptnaIl. Mr. Goddard (clerk), volunteer, and
M~. Bayley, aSilsta~t.surgeon, to, land on the flank of the enemy, and
dnve them from theil' guns, keeplllg up a heavy fire from the Hydra tp
cover ~be hoats. N otwlthstandlllg Dilr entJeavours to draw the particular
attentIon of the battery, the detachment were SOOIl exposed to B cross dis-
charge of langra~e from rhfl shipping and fort) as well as musketry from
 CAPTAIN GJilORGE MUNDY, C.B. 15
the rocks. Unshaken, however, tbey advanced; and having mounted tile
cliff, which was most difficult of access, they attacked the fort with such
iutrepidity, tbat the enemy did not think pl'Oper to await their closing, but
spiking the guns, rushed ont on the one side as anI' brave fellows entered
at the other. The battery contained four twenty-!ix pounders. This gal-
lant achievement gave me an opportunity of employmg the broadside solely
on the vessels, from which a constant fire was still kept on our people on
shore. On gaining the guns, Mr. Drury advanced with the seamen and a
few marines to the town, leaving Mr. Hayes and his party to retain them,
and to 0<lcuPY the heights that commanded the decks of the vessels, and
from which he could annoy the enemy, who were in great numbers on the
opposite side of the harbour, which is extremely narrow. As soon as the
town was cleared of the enemy, the crews abandoned their ve5sels, but
formed in group" of musketry among the rocks and bmhes, firing on the
Seamen who had now seized the boats on the beach, and were boarding the
polaccas, while another party of the enemy had gainerl a height above the
marines, and kept them continually engaged, notwithstanding some gUlls
were kept playing ou them fl'om the Hydra.
At half-past three, ohserving Mr. Dl'llry in full possession of the vessels,
I sent the rest of the boats under Lieutenant Little, to assist in towing them
out; and at four had the satisfaction of seeing them rounding the point,
When the marioes re-embarked, under a heavy discharge of musketry, the
enemy having collected their whole force to harass their retreat.
When I revIew the circumstances attending the embarkation of this
handful of men, and reflect on the many difficulties they bad to surmount
in an attack on a fort strongly defended by nature as well as art, thell
opposed to more than three times their own force fOI' two hours, succeeding
in possessing themseh'es of the vessels, and dehberately laying out
hawsers to the very rocks that were occupied by the enemy, and warping
them out agamst a flesh breeze exposed to a ga1ling nrc of musketry.
I feel perfectly incapable of writing a panegyric equal to their merits,
but it has not required this exploit to stamp the,e officels with the charac-
t'er of cool judgment and determined bravery. During the term of four
years, I hal'e wItnessed frequent instances of the gallantry of Lieutenants
Drury and Hayes, and Lieutenant Pengelly (though not of so long a stand-
ing in the Hydra), has ever been a volunteer 011 such services. I have also
the greatest pleasure in adding, that the nbove-mentiolled officers speak in
enthusiastic terms of the behaviour of al\ empluyed under them. Tu your
Lordship's notice and protection, therefure, I be~most strongly to recom-
mend them.
I furlber take the l;berty of soliciting your Lordsllip's interest with
the Lords Commissioners of the Admil'nlty, ill favour of the plOmotion of
Lieutenant Drury, of whose zeal and ablJities as an officer I have the
highest opinion.
The conduct of the rest of the officers and ship's company fully equalled
my utmost wi5nes; to the tremendous fire they kept up I attribute the
smallnc&5 of our loss and damage, namely, one killed, and tlVO wounded
16 N.l.l'AL BIOGR.APHY.

on board, and four wounded of the detachment. The fore and onizell-top..
masts, and fore-top-sail yard shot through, a few shot in tbe huU, and the
rigging triflingly cut, is all the damage.
To Mr. M'Kenzie, the first lieutenant, who has served with me the
whole of the war, I feel much indebted, for his assistance in this latter
enterprise.
A descripti.on of the captured vessels, and the names of the killed and
wounded, I enclose for your Lordship's information; and have the satis-
faction to state, that the Prince Eugene privateer was rommanderl by the
famous Bevastro, who has long been the terror of our privateers, and very
destructive to our tmde. The Caroline was commanded by his brother,
and both vessels were returning to Marseilles.
I have the honor to be, my Lord, &c.

Right Hon. Lord Collingwood,g-c. ~o,e vftunriy.

A List 0/ VelieZ. captured Iq H.M.S. H!}dra, August 7tn, 1801.
------;-----.-----.---;------ .--
Names. Description. Remarks.

---,--
Prince Eugene
------
Ship.
-- - --j-------
130 16 12 Pierced for 20.
Belle Caroline Brl!!;. 40 1(;) 9 Ditto ____ 14.
RosarIO ___ • Brig. ~O 4 6 Ditto ____ 10.

SIR, Beacon, off Sicily, 13th Odober 1807.

I received with inlinite satisfaction your letter of the 7th of A8guSt.
relating your proceedings on that day, when you attackerl and captured
threll of the enemy'b armed ships III the Port of Be!:lI, "here they were
securely moored in a narrow harbom', and defended by a battery of con-
~mlerable force. The gallantry with which this sen'lce was achIeved in all
its parts, both on board the Hydra, and by the party wlllch lauded under
Lieutenant Drury's command, was worthy of the judicious arralll!emolnt
which was made at the commencement, and will doubtlel>s be as'highly
satisfactory to the L~rds Co.romis'lOners of the Admiralty, as it i; gratifying
to me to lay the hIgh menu of the offi£ers and ship's company of the
Hydra before their Lordbhips.
I am, SIr, with great esteem,
Your obedient humble 'Servant,

Captain J,[UII",y, Hydra.

 CAPTAIN GEORGE MUNDY, C.B. 1'1
SIR, Atlas, off Cadiz, 30th October, 1807.
Having transmitted to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty a copy
of your letter to Lord Collingwood, dated 7th of August last, giving hIs
LordshIp an account of tile very gallant attack made by you the day hefOle
in his Majesty's ship Hydra, on thrEe of the enemy's pI'ivateers, whIch had
been chased into the Spanish port of BEgU, and by a party of the seamen
Rnd mal'ines under the direction of Lieutenant Drury, who after having
gained possession of the battery which defended the harbour, and driven
the enemy from the town, succeeded in capturing and bringiug away tbe
above privateers, with a trifling loss on the part of the captors, I have
their Lordships' dll'ections to express to yon their satisfaction at the success·
ful manlier in whIch this enterpri;ing attempt has been planned and
executed; and theu' hIgh appl'Obation of the good conduct and gallantry
displayed by you and the officers and men of the Hydra, and partH:;ulally
by Lieutenant Dl'ury, and the otber officers, seamen, and marines, whQ
were engaged with him on this occasion, to all of whom you Will be pleased
to make known their Lordships' high approbation.
I have the hOllol' to be, &d.

Captain Mund!J, llJjd,'u.

Captain Mundy continued to cruise off the Spanish coast, and

remained on this service nntil the 27th of February, 1808, ~h('n
having been stationed off Carthagena to watch the enemy's
squadron, which, it was apprehended, would make an attempt to
form a junction with the combined flerts in Cadiz, llC descried at
sun-risg on that day six ships of the line standing out of the harbour.
Aware of the importance of ascertaining the enemy's destination,
he diligently followed their movements, and although from fQggy
and blowing weather, and other untoward circumstances, he fre~
quentIy lost sight of them, yet by dint of perseverance and gaod
judgment, he succeeded in dogging them into Palma bay, in the
island of Majorca, on the 19th, from whence, having w'ltcheu
their movements until the 25th, and not perceived any disposition
on their part to stir, he sailed for Gibraltar to complete his ship,
which was in wallt of fuel, and to repair.
The Hydra, however, from the circumstances of ller having been
so long a-float, had by t11is time become scarcely sea-worthy, so
that a temporary repair being considered insufficient, Lord Col.
lingwood found it expedient to send her home, and she arrived ill
England in the midLlle of July, with a convoy of upwards of one

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18 NAVAL Bl(),GRAFIIY.

hnndred vessels nnder hcr protection, and bringing home MajQr~

general Sir Charles Green from Malta.
The Hyura having ulldergone a complete repair, Captain Mundy
sailed again in the month of November, with con fOY for the
Mediterraneall; and soon after his arrival there, he was appointed
by Lord Collingwood to a service of great importance and diffi-
culty, in which, during the long period of its continuance, be dis-
played his accustomed zeal aud intelligence.
Being despatched with the Leouidas, and some smaller armed
vessels under his orders, to the coast of Catalonia, for the purpose
of assisting, and giving countenance to the Spaniards, who had
manifested much courage and resistance to the French forces in
that province, Captain Mundy commenced his operations by
attacking and intercepting the enemy's convoys and detachments
passing from the eastward to Barcelona. The following is bis first
report to Lord Collingwood;-
MY LORD, Hydra, f1t anch01' qfJ }lIasnan, Feb. 1, 1809.
According with the orders of Vice-admiJal Thornborough, I have sent the
Cyane to Mmorcn, to receive any lIlstructions or orders that may be there
for me; aftd I take the occa~ion to represent to yonr Lordship, that on
receil'ing information on the 30th inst, that the FJench troops under the
Governol' of Barcelona, General Lecchi, had taken posses~jon of Mataro
but two days before, I immedIately ~haped a course for that place; bitt
observing a party of French erecting a battery on Moogat, I anchored the
ships, and drove them from theil' work; and finding that the station Wall
extremely eligible in pomt of preventing the plunder and ammunition of the
nrmy from gettmg to Barcelona, as we completely commanded the beach
over which all carriages mnst pass, as well as the bridge of Mongat, I deter-
mined to retain the anchorage, more especially as it appeared to gIve spirit
and encouragcllIent to tht Simotines, an armed peasantry, who are in con-
siderable numbers on the hills, and had ali'eady began to harass the
enemy, winch were by us forced to take It route more inland.
On the iirst of the month, General Lecchi, with several hundl'ed infllntry
and cavahy, made an attempt to get alol12; the beach; but our fire turned
hi~ up the cOllntry, where he met witb 50 warm a reception, that he got
"Ith great chfficulty to Balcelona. The same evening I received informa-
tion that forty, ,;aggons, ladelj with tiJe plunder of the Ring's store at
Mataro, contmmng flour, corn, &c. &c. were to pass dnring the llight
along the beach, under a strong escort. I thel'efore sent the boats of the
liydra, under the first lieutelJant, ]\111-. Huwkins,* to Iny 011 the beach

,* ,Th~s gallant officer was afterwards first Iteutenant of the EndymlOn. and lost
h .. life In a daring attack on a privateer 011 the coast of Ameru:a. in tbe boats of
thlltshlp.
 CAP'l'AIN GEORGE MUNDY, C.B. 19
Iletween the villages of Masnan and PI'emia, to loc.k out (or them, those of
the Leonidas being to the westward of Mongat, to prevent artillery or
cavalry from passing from Barcelona. At about 9 P.M. the cavalry and
waggons were heard, and the boats had the good fortune to get wIthin
twenty yards @f them before they were discovered; and having given them
several rounds of carronades, the peo.ple landed, drove the escort, c(!)n-
fistillg of near tlVO hundred men, and seized some waf\gons laden with flour,
kiiled two cllirasseurs and their horses, and wounded forty men, and all
the draught horses, I am happy to state, without loss or hurt on our side.
The rest of the wag,gons returned to Mataro. Every night since the boats
have been in the same station, under the direction of Mr. Hawkins, and
,have each night kIlled some of the patrolles, generally camlry. The
enemy have hkewlse lost a great number of men by tbe peasantry since we
have been at the anchorage.
I calculate it at 200 in killed, prisoners, wounded, and deserters, and
20 horses; and had I had at first a disposable force of five hUlldred men,
with tbe assistance of the Simotines, I am sure we should have increased
the enemy's loss to fi\'e times the numher. The German and Italian troops
desert hourly; and It is evident that the French army III tillS quarter are
mnch in want of provisions, whIch has lIlduced their gelleral to attack
Mataro, III order to prOVide hIS troops with bl ead. However, if tbe wea-
ther continues moderate, I trm.t we shall be able to prevent his getting
much of the plunder to Barcelona. Caplalll StaYlies has been employed 111
embarking, and convoying the artillery of the Marquis de Lagoses' army
from St. Fiton to Tarragona. By the deserters we learn that General
Lecchi certainly intends to evacuate Mataro, as soon as he can gel the
plunder from it.
I have written tIle Captain-general, Reding, a statement of the business,
of which I am surprised to find he is entitely ignorant.
I have the honor to be, &c.

Vice-admiral Lord
Collingwood.

In all his succeeding reports, Captain Mundy bore ample testi-

mony to the noble and gallant spirit of the Simotinrs, whom he had
constantly supplied with such arms and ammunition as he could
obtain for them, which was the means of prolonging that obsLinate
resistance which was made by the irregulars of the province; and
as he conceived that the Spanish authorities did not do sufficient
justice to the ~xertions made by that spirited people, his humanity
20 NAVAL nIoGnAPHY.

was ever at work to advocate their calise, as will appear by ono

of the following letters addressed to the J uuta of Mataro :-
His Britanmc M£desty's Ship the Hydra, at ane/w,.
EXCELLENT SIRS, off MOr/gat, March 25th, 1809.
I have the honor to send such ammunition as call be spared from his
Majesty's ship under my command, and wish it was ~OIe eq.ual to. the
grateful service it will be employed upon, that of harasslOg the lIlcendmry
Lccchi,* on his return from Spain, in whICh, I trust, the province of Cata.
10llia WIll shew themselves worthy of being allted in the great and just
cause wIth the heroes of Saragossa.~Geptlemen of the Junta, I call 'lpon
you, 111 the name of my country, that country which has shewn an unalter-
able attachment and zeal for your welfare, to exert the utmost of your
power in raIsing the whole Ropulace of Catalonia to hal ass the retreat ~f
the army of Napoleon; indeed not only to harass, but to prevent theIr
return to France: for it would be an everlasting stain on Catalonia, were
she to permit those monsters who have plnndered and ravaged her cities
and cottages for more than two years, to repass in tranqUillity the Pyrenrean
mountaills, tbat barrier given by the Almighty to SpaIn.
It remains now for me to congratulate your Excellencies on the present
promlsmg and happy change in affairs, and I have the hOllona be,t &c.

To the Junta if Malaro ~or7e J(U1U'lI'

SIR, Hydra, off Badalona, Augu.st 6th, 1809,
I have long refrained from making any remarks on the treatment of the
people of Badalona, trusting that the just representations of those people
appointed by law as the Heads of the village, had been listened to by the
Junta of MatarQ, and their sufferings alleviated. However, observing no
symptom of change in their favour, but on the contrary, that every day
brings forth some new and fresh mark of severity towards that unfortunate
people, I am inclined to suspect that this must arise from wrong and iOl'i.
dious representations having been made of their conduct. Under such con-
victwn, therefore, I take upon me to address you on this interesting suh-
ject; and, first, will state, that my opinion of the zeal and conduct pf the
people of Badalu[lu is even better than when I last had the honor to address
you respectlllg them and the then officiating Baillie. When you appointed
the present IIeali, of the VIllage, you promised that the people should have
~ sufficiency to li~~ upon, the BaIllIe being ordered to give permlts accord-
wg to the necessltles of the mhabJtants. This has not been the case, for
the guard at Moogat have generally scrupled to allow to pass ",hat was
granted by the permit, and have actually refused more than sixty-four

" General LecclJi bad evacuated Malaro, destroyina the flour bumina aod
ravagmg,. as usuaf, in his retreat. b ' Q

t 10 reply, .(he Junt. informed Captain Mundy, that they hud published hi!;
Ilddress, and given It elreulauonlO the provlIIce.
 C.lPTAIN GEORGE MUNDY, C.B. 21
loaves to pass in a day. I shall ask, Sir, whether any man can put his
llaod upon his heart, and declare upoo his honour, that he con~iders that
quantity a sofficiency for the families contained ill the village of Badalona,
consistmg of near six hundred houses?
You require the Badalonians to furnish boats for letters, despatches, or
any thing that may occur for the public service, and this, without allowing
tiufficient to eat. I only ask, is it justice to starve them?
You require the Simotioes of Badalona to leave the advanced poston the
river Besos, where they are stationed between the enemy and their own
houses, families, and every thing that is dear to them, and order them to
serve two tmles in the rear, without placing otbers to occupy a post one foot
in advance towards the ellemy from Badfllona. Yes, Iknow that for a few
d",ys a picket was placed in open day on this side of the river, find one of
thooe pickets, composed of the inhabitants of Mataro, left that post, made
use of their arms to force the people of Badalona to embark them, and con-
vey them on board his Britannic Majesty's ship under my command, under
the impudent pretence of having business with me. A becoming substitute
for the hardy and vigilant Badalomans, who night and day watched orl the
other side of the nver, and under the very walls of the Citadel of St. Carlos.
Had I acted WItb half the military severity towards them that the unfortu-
nate Badalonians bave met witb, for wishing to remain the advanced guard,
I should have sent dIe whole plchet under a guard to Mataro, as soldIers
who had deserted their pC'st.
You have now disarmed the Simotines of Badalona, part of whom bad
been furmshed With arms by Captam Taylor," my predecessor, who had
the intelligence to see through the dflrk clouds of clamour and accusation
against that unfortunate people, and to discover that they were 1I0t sur-
passed in zeal and patrlOtI',m by any of their neighbours. By so doing, you
have depnved me of the only aid I possessed in the ardunus task of block.
ading Barcelnna, and defending the coast agaiust the advances of the
enemy, as you must be well aware that I have no as.istance from the
Spanish navy.
Having stated these few instances of what appears to me to he Bad
Policy, and having made these repres~ntatlons under a conviction that they
are just and true, and for tbe good of the cause in which the two natIOns
are mutually embarked, I beg to assure you, that there is nothing meant
personally in It, but that It is addressed to you as Supreme of the Junta of
the district, and
I have the honour to be, &c.
To the Supreme if tlte Junta
qf Mataro. ~.
Had Captain Mundy's persevering exertions on this coast been
met by a corresponding energy on the part of the Spanish leadefs,
.. ThiS amiable and accomplished officer was some time aflcrwards unfortu-
nately drowned III the harbour of BrindiSI, while returlllllg tll hiS MUP from the
shore.
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and the enthusiastic spirit of the peasantry been seconded by abla

and active commanders, there is little doubt but that by a co.
operation such as was proposed by Captain Mundy to General
Reding, the commander of the forces, the city of Barcelona, and
the fort of Montjui, wC)uld ultimately have been compelled to sur.
render, and the French army forced to evacuate that province.
But such was the apathy and inactivHy of the Spanish leaders, that
although the very animating and manly appeal addressed to the
Junta in the first of the preceding letters, was printed and circu~
lated with excellent effect, yet treachery thwarted, and incapacity
paralysed, the ardent energies of the people, and the Fnmch
general, IJecchi, was permitted to escape from Carcelona to Vich
unmolested; nor was any attempt made on Barcelona, notwith.
standing the gllrrison remaining in that fort amounted 1.0 no more
than two thousand five hundred men.
Mortified as he was at such imbecile conduct on the part of Ms
allies, Captain Mundy was nevertheless indefatigable in his exer~
tions in the general cause, and by a spirited proclamation addressed
to the Italian and German troops in the :Freneh army, promising
protection on llOard the squadron, many were induced to desert,
who were conveyed to Italv.

On the 26th April, 1810, while on his station off Badalona, •

squadron of the enemy's ships of the line, with a number of trans.
ports, was observed standing in for Barcelona. A sloop of war
was instantly despatched with the intelligence to Lord Collingwood,
while the Hydra watched their movements. His Lo.dship, imme_.
diately on receiving the intelligence, s;aiIed from Port Mahon, and
arrived off Toulon on the first of May, where he found the Leoni..
das, which having by Captain Mundy's orders accompanied the
enemy on their return from Barcelona, had seen tllem into Toulon
'on the evening of the 30th of A pri!. The enemy had thus escaped
his Lordship's fleet by a very few hOUfS. On this occasion Lord
Collingwood expressed himself highly satisfied with Captain Mun ..
dy's vigilance and promptness in ma},ing him acquainted with the
enemy's movements.
On the 9th of May, a proposition was made to Captain Mundy"
by the comnHjuder ot' the i'panish forccs, to "Co-operate with him
in an attack un the forts of Montjui and Barcelona, which was.
 CAPTAIN GEORGE MUNDY, c.n. 23
agreed to on the part of Captain Mundy. The following extract
from his report to Lord Collingwood on the subject, will suffici.
ently explain why the attack did not take place; and will serve to
demonstrate with what description of allies our gallant officer had
to unite his senices, how little reliance could be placed on their
exertions, and how hopeless were all his views and efforts, under
such circumstances, to effect any thing substantially favorable to
the general cause. The Simotines, indeed, llad always displayed
much spirit and activity, and seldom neglected an opportunity of
attacking the enemy; but Wit!lOut the aid of regular troops, and
without discipline, they could accomplish no very essential
service.
MY LORD, I!.ljdra, off Barcelona, Mag 131h, 1809.
Oa the day of the 1\ polio and Minstrel joining me, and of the fleet
appearmg off, I endeavoured to communIcate WIth your Lordship, to ex·
plain a plan of attack on Barcelolla, WlllCh had heen submitted to my con-
sideration, the outlllle of wbich was, that the officer in Montjul being
bought over, three or four hUlJ(lred SpanIards wel'e to proceed by night up
to that fortress, and take possession, bcwg provided however against any
treachery 011 the part of the French.
On gcttmg footing, the SpallIal'ds were to commence a fire on tbe Tal'ro-
sana, and gate of St. Antonio, 011 which the mhalutants were to rise, and
seizing the various gate~ looking towards the lane!, were to let in Lieutenant-
colonel Claros, with five hundred cavalry, and a strong force of Mlguelets,
and other troops. At the same moment the ships were to commence an
attack on the citadel, to keep that garrison from lending their aid to tbose
troops who were in the town.
This all appeared very well, provided everyone acted bis part. How-
ever, I did not cunsidel' tbe plan as definitively settled; but, on my return
the next evening, I found that a letter had been received by Captain Tay.
lor, from the commanders of tbe troops, Slating ,. their full determination
to attack the place at eleven at llIght," and requiting the assistance of the
ships. The answ"€r was retUl'ned, "that tIle ships would du their part, and
be at their statlOn, provided the wind and weather permitted thell1." To
secure a diversion on the side of the citadel in ca<;e of calm, 01' the wind
not answermg for the .hips, 1 sent the carronade boats, and two Spanish
gun-boats, to tabe a position close Ill-ShOrle, V11tb orders to commence a lire
on St. Carlos, Oll observing the appointed si!1,nal at Montjui or t:l€ town.
About ten, the wind came off the land; I WeIghed, but at half-past one
finding no attack, and the wind dying away, I anchored. No symptom of
attack did take jJlace; and from what I have since learnt, it is most fortu-
nate for the inhabitants that it did not. It appears, that tbe garrison of
Montjui "'-as relieved on the day before, therefore that part of the plan
was done away with; and I Ilnd~n,tand, as if with an intention of marring
tbe whole affair, that General Coupigny lIad ordered (but the day befure)
24 NAVAL llIOGRAP;ay.

one of his aides-de-camp to proceed to Moulins de Re, and take the ~om~
mand of the whole. The imaginary laurels of the other chiefs now vanished
from their sight, and" like true Spanish Patriots," they determined within
themselves, that through their assistance the unwelcome aide-de.calillfJ
should not gain the wreath. They accordingly threw every difficulty in hi~
way. Moreover, Colonel Green informs file, that this commander was
q~ite appalled at the miserahle banditti which had been placed under his
orders. It consisted of two bundred hussars, the scum of a Spanish
regiment, some Miguelets, and the rest Simotllles. But, my Lord, the
reply that was made by tbe officer at the bead of General Coupigny's staff,
to tI.e inquiry of Colonel Green, " what were likely to be the movements
of tbe Spamsb army of Tarragona," wIll better explain to your Lordship the
style of action, and manner of thInking of the general aud his adviseI's,
than ifI wete to write volumes; VlZ. "That the troops would not change
their quaI'ter" until the result of the attack on Barcelona should be
known." So that ten thousalld regular troops w"re to rest UpOll their arms,
and look on, while a handful of firmed peasantry should attack one of the
strongest fortre&ses 10 the Spal1l:.h dOmIlJlOllS."

On the 11th of J nly, Captain Mundy wltites thus to Lord

Collingwood ; -

MY LORD, H!Jdra, at anchor off Badalona, 11th July, 1809.

I have the honor to report, that the French general, Duhesme, came
out of Barcelona all the night of the 7th instant, with a force of near two
thousand troops, two howllzm's, and three field pieces, and early the next
morning occupIed the heights in the real' of Madalona and Mongat, also
those v;Ilages. HIS irttention \Va, to have surprised and surrounded the
inhabitants of that part of the country, and to have forced them to i'epail'
the bridge and broken roads of Mongat, ill order that he might get bis'
al'till!3I'Y towards Mataro, and occupy the coast. The Spaniards, howe\'er,
got previolls notice of hi, project, and quitting their hahltatlODf', fled to tbe
rnountams. The enemy did 110t appear in any number ulltil some hours
after day-break, and when discovered, were only in small detachments.
The carronade boats under the orders of Lieutenant Hl".J,.ins were sent to"
annoy them, which servIce WtlS performed with bueh effect, that the enemy
was obliged to bl'jng the wbole of his artillery 011 the beach to their sup-
port. The boats returned the fire with thei" usual firmness. I imme-
diately weighed to cover them, and with a few well-directed hroadsldes
obliged the gUM to make a preclp!tate retreat into Barcelona, and with
Borne loss.
The :French troops rtow appeared in great force, and the ship and hoatS'
kept up a constant fire on them ulitil sun-set, while the Simotines resisted
their advances. We had the ffilSfollulle to have two men wounded by
musketry in tbe boats.
On the 9th the enemy still retained Badalooa and Mongat, but the
greatcst part of the troops had marched up the mountains, and the,
 CAPTAIN GEORGE MU-'lDY, C.B.

!ihewed no guns, notwithstanding the boats kept up a continual fire. The

Si'motlOes acted with great spirit.
On the 10th, General Dube,me had not advanced his head-quarters from
Badalona, but we Were informed that he had moved his guns Ilear lVIoogat.
Y d the firing of the boats on his various scattered parties did not draw
tl:lem out untll late ill the evening, when the enemy brought them down,
nnd opened II fire of _not and shells behind some itOOSl"S at the foot of
M'ongat, ju,t at the moment four Spanish gun-boats amved from Tarra~
gO~la, which I immediately pushed in-shore, and with their as,lstance the
fire of the enemy was silenced by eight 0 clock, and the enemy thought it
advisable to re-entE:t Barcelona at midnight, with the loss of near three
hundred killed and wounded, among which are a large proportion of
officers.
I have to regret that one of the launch's crew received a severe wound
from a mu~ketcball this evening; and I beg leave to ob.erve, that the spi-
rit of enterprize and intrepidity of the officers and men employed til the
boats during the period detailed, has been mOst creditable to tbe service,
and tbat tbt gun-boats performed their part much to my satisfaction.
I have the bonor to be, &c.

liigllt Hon. Lo'l'd Colringwood.

The fonowing letter, addressed to the Marquis Wellesley about

this period, strongly manifests the ever ardent zeal which, in spite
of every discouragement, animated this active officer ill the exeCUq
'lioll of the service imposed upon him : -
MY LORD, Hydra, off Badalolla, 8th Avgust, 1809.
I have the honor to recommend to your Lord,hip's notice the bem'er of
this letter, Don Elias Arxes, an iRhabitant of St. Filoll de Mar, in the pru-
vince of CatalOnia, employed by the J IInta of the Prot'ince Oil a mi&sion to
. ti,e Central Jun,ta, and the British army. He is a real patriot, and one in
whom perfect confidence Illay be placed, and is a staunch fl iend to tbe
English.
i wish Tconl:l give your Lonhhlp hopes of any thing being done in an
offensive way by the army of CatalOilia. Augereau still carries on the ~Iege
of Gerona, but he is most gallalltly resisted. He has made six several
assaults. The last was on the 4th of the month, in which he suffered an
equal loss with the former, which wa~ considerable. The force of [he
besiegers cannot amount to Illore than 10,000 men, and witb the gam.on
of Bafrelonn, illdudllig the Sick, of which there are several thotlsands, I be
whole force ill Catalonia cannot excced 18,000 men. It wiJuld require bu~

jllab; \l!!mm. VoJ. XXXIX.

 'NA.VAr. BIOSBApllY.

a small British army to annihilate this handful of troops, situated as ther

are at present, and having the whole of tbe country against them" ane
Ihote particularly, if there "'ere some English light infantry officers, ~Vlth a
general, to (11 reet t he exertions of the peasantry, who are most determInedly
zealou. in the cause,
I took the hbel'ty of representing this' to Sir John Stuart, who regretted
]Iis inability [Q detach officers or force from Sicily. He has since takeo
possession of the islands of Ischia and ProeitaJ hut did not attempt a land>-
illg on the Neapolitan coast.
I have the honor to be, &c.

His Excellency the Marquis Wellesley.

Had it been possible to have ~ttended to the suggestions or

Captain Mundy relative to the employment of a British force in
Cataloni<.t., and had the Spanish chief assented to the propOie~ dis-
position of their hitherto inactive naval force, much might have
been effected in that quarter, but with respect to the latter nothing
was done, and in the sequel all went wrong in Catalonia.
We here present an extract from a letter, expressive of the
sense Lord Collingwood entertained of Captain Mundy's services
on that station : -
SIR, Ocean, at Sea, 1fl6tlt March, 1809.
I have reeeh'ed your letterR of the 22d instant, 4th, 6th, and 11th
ultimo, detallmg the proceedings of the Hydra, and ship~ on the coast of'
Catalonia, and beg to ellpress to you the great satisfaction I feel in the
actiVity and spirit of enterprise which is displayed on that service, and i~
which Lieutenant Ha"kins bears so distinguished a pa:rt," &e.
And again his Lordship writes thus :_
J'iJle de Pew;'s, off :-l'oulon, 23d JUly, 1809.
The Herald has brought me your letters of the 11th and 11th instant
with their several indosure~. •
The actIVIty and skill which YOIl hal'e 0l,posed to the enemy's progre!!ll.
""hen he attempted to open It communication to the eastwant, is rendering
to the Spamards the greatest benefit, and must reduce lheir force in Barce-
lona very ~[lch, and were th~ army ?fTarragona to take an active pat"t on
the other Side, would SOon bring theIr case to extremity." &c. &c. &c.

"Captain Mundy, H!Jd,·a.

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EXTERIEUR. ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE. Washington 3 le 26 mars.
JL.E 14 de ce mois , le président a communiqué au sénat le message
suivant : Au sentit des Etats-Unis. Je transmets au sénat le rapport
du secrétaire BJEtat, coulormément à sa résolution du 10 de ce
moisJames Maeissos. Rapport. Le sscrélaire-d'élat , à ttui i! a été
donné 00mBVOmcVflion de In résolution du sénat, sous la date du
10 de ce mois, a l'honneur de déclarer que ce département ne
connaît jusqu'ici aucune personne des Elals-Unis qui ait, d'une
manière quelconque, pris part aux projets dont l'exécution avait été
confiée , en iSoq, à John Henry, employé par sir James Graig., ledit
John Henry 11 'ayant nominativement désigné personne comme
enveloppé dans les projets dont il s'agit , selon îes documens fournis
le g de ce mois au congrès. James Monroe. Le lundi soir,
immédiatement après l'ajournement de la chambre des représeuians
, le comité des relations extérieures s'est assemblé; et après un
examen attentif des pièces , il les a reconnues véétables; et a
constaté que l'authenticité des papiers transmis par le capitaine
Jlenry au département de l'Etat , était établie tl'après les signatures
reconnues de lord LiverpooJ , de sir James Craig , de M. Piel , etc. Le
i5 , le président a adressé au sénat et à la chambre des
représentans le message suivant : « Je mets sous les yeux du
congrès une lettre iie l'envoyé extraordinaire et ministre
plénipotentiaire de la Grande-Bretagne, adressée au secrétaire-
d'état. » James Maeisson. » Le soussigné, envoyé et ministre
plénipotentiaire de S. M britannique auprès des EtatsUnis , a lu dans
les papiers publics , avec le plus profond chagrin, le message que le
président des Etals-Unis a envoyé au congrès le 9 de ce mois, ainsi
que les pièces qui l'accompagnent. » Le soussigné ne peut que.
désavouer d'avoir eu personnellement connaissance de l'existence
du complot dont il est fait mention dans la communication de M.
Henry, et il déclare que 1rs branches du gouvernement avec
lesquelles i| est en relation n'ont point favorisé de plan hostile contre
la tranquillité intérieure ries Etats-Unis.. Le soussigné se flatte que le
gouvernement et le congrès suspendront leur décision sur celle
affaire jusqu'à ce qu'elle ait été perlée à la connaissance du
gouvernement de S. SI. B. » soussigné , etc. » Signe' Aug. J. Forster.
» Ce message a été renvo_yè au comité des relations extérieures. I)
A NE MARC K. Copenhague , le 2 1 mai. Un vaisseau de ligne , une
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Le cours du change est à 733 sur Hambourg. — Ces jours derniers .
vingt-quatre bâtimens ont passé le Sund. A U T l\ 1 C H E. Pricnne ,
le 2 5 mai. Les gardes hongroise et allemande se sont mises en
route le 17 , pour aller à Prague. Pendant le séjour de la cour dans
cette1 capitale , LL. AA. li. les archiducs s'y rendront
alternativement; Quelques- uns de ces princes resteront toujours à v
ienne pour l'expédition des affaires les plus pressées. S. A. I,
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ministres comtes de Wallis et de -Zichy ', M. île Plleger ,
çonse.illerd'élnt , pt. M. de Haan , président du tribunal des Etals
d'Autriche, ont accompagné son altesse. — Il ne se fait pas
beaucoup d'affaires en cotons ; néanmoins le prix de cet article a
plutôt haussé que diminué. P R U S S E Berli. le 25 mai. L'Université
de Berlin comptait vers la fin du dernier rectorat 40/, étnriians , non
compris 54 qui étaient sur le point de. quitter. Du 18 septembre au
18 décembre r8i 1 , on a inscrit 9.09 étudians , dont 55 médecins,
65 jurisconsultes, 47 théologiens et 48 philosophes. Le nombre total
des étudians se montait alors à 6i5. M. Fichte, professeur et recteur
de-l'Université a donné sa démission de la place de directeur du
sénat académique , voulant s'occuper exclusivement de travaux
littéraires.' L'apperçu de ■ l'Histoire générale, ouvrage posthume de
notre historien , M. Dippold de Dantzick, mort à la Heur de son âge ,
vient d'être publié. C'est itn ouvrage généralement estimé. D A V I E
R E. Munich , le 26 mat. L'édit d'organisation du 28 juillet r8o8 avait
prorogé le délai auquel la noblesse devait se faire enregistrer sur la
matricule de ta noblesse du royaume ; mais S. M. le roi de Bavière (
par son ordonnance du 22 mai présent mois , vient d'en fixer le
terme au 1" janvier i8i5. D'ici à cette époque , toute la noblesse ,
tant ancienne que nouvelle , est ténue de se pvésçnterJou -liuislere
des relations extérieures , et d'y déposer ses titres de noblesse. Par
la même ordonnance , le droit de l'enregistrement est fixé.
Âus,sbouri le Le jour.de la naissance de S. M. a été célébré hier de la
manière la plus solennelle ; la veille , le théâtre -avait été illuminé.
Aujourd'hui , le service divin sera célébré par les deux religions , en
présence de S. A. l'ancien électeur de Trêves, de là princesse ro_ynle
Cttnègonde , et de toute leur maison. SAXE. Lcipzick , le 20 mai On
publie actuellement la , description des voyages intéressans qui ont
été entrepris dans les deux dernières années auKubau, en Tau ride
et au Caucase. Ces contrées, qui jusqu'ici étaient assez inconnues,
ont été visitées dans tontes les directions, et on peut se promettre
des résultats importans , sous les rapports scientifiques, des
découvertes qui ont été faites. L'un des voyages les plus importans
dont nous avons à faire mention, est celui ^entrepris par deux
jeunes allemands. M. Maurice d'Enaelhardt , élevé de M. Werner , de
Freyberg, en Saxe , et M. Frédéric Parrot, fils du conseiller et
professeur de Parrot, à Borpat, en Livonie; ils commencèrent leur
voyage au commencement de 18.1. 1 ; . ils partirent de Jassy pour
Odessa , Perecop et Sympnérobol. De ce dernier endroit, ils firent,
sons la protection du gouverneur de la Crimée, deux grandes
excursions, l'une à Caff'a, et l'autre à Dalaklarva. Enfin1, ils
passèrent en juillet 1S11 le Bosphore et entrèrent à Taman dans
l'Asie, ils s'avancèrent le long du Ruban, jusqu'aux frontières du
gouvernement de Caucase à Mosdok et delà par la Géorgie ; ils
visitèrent la source du Tereck etmonterent une partie du Caucase. Ils
suivirent ensuite le cours du Tereck jusqu'à son embouchure dans la
mer Caspienne , et retournèrent de là par Taman , dans l'intérieur de
la Russie. W URTEMBERG. . Stutlgardt , le 28 mai S. M. a , par un
rescrit du ?.5 de ce mois.., nommé M. de Jasuuuul , chambellan et
directeur, en chef dé la police , à la place de bailli du cercle de la
Kocher. S M. , pour lui té-» moigner sa satisfaction de ses services ,
lui a en même teins conféré la croix de commandeur1 de l'Ordre du
Mérite civil. M. de Welden , Conseiller de la haute police , a été
nommé directeur en chef de la police et chambellan. GRAND-DUCHÉ
DE FRANCFORT. Francfort , le 5o mai. '. Le corps qui a été Organisé
pour veiller ta ltt sûreté intérieure de notre grand-duché, continue de
mettre dans l'exercice de ses fonctions un zèle1 et une activité qui
remplissent parfaitement l'objet dé leur institution. Dans le courant
des mois de février, mars et avril, il à été arrêté 18 déser-1 teurs ,-
101. vagabonds et gens sans aveu, avec 26 femmes et 55 enfans,
découvert 10 contre** bandiers. 1 SUISSE. Zurich , le 24 metè. M. le
colonel de ïïauser, du canton de GlaHsj adjudant-général de S. Exe,
lelaudamman de là Suisse, à parcouru successivement les frontières,
orientales de l'Helvétie, et vient d'arriver à Bàle de retour de' sa
mission. On ne Sait pas encore; si les contmgens des diff'érens
cantons se rendront sur les frontières pour former un cordon.. Au
reste , il ne parait pas qu'on ait le projet de s'occuper de cette affaire
avant la diète, et l'on assure que le landamman fera , dans, une
des1 premières séances , un rapport détaillé sur cet; objet. Le
grand-conseil du canton des Grisons a tenu( cette année , une assez
longue session. A.près avoir nommé les députés à la diète générale ,
il s'est occupé de la question de savoir: si le tribunal supérieur
d'appel du canton des Grisons devait être supprimé ou non ? A la
suite d'une longue discussion, la majorité absolue des-mem-' bre's
s'est prononcée pour le maintien de ce tribunal supérieur. Cette
affaire était agitée depuis long- teins; le landamman de la Suisse
s'est cru obligé d'adresser lui-même une lettre au gouvernement
grison , pour lui recommander là maintien de ce tribunal. Ses
nombreux adversaires insistaient sur ce qu'il coûtait beaucoup j et
que. son existence portait atteinte à Fautonlé des tribunaux
inférieurs ! IRLANDE. Dublin , le 12 mal. conseil ces catholiques. Le
conseiller O'Connell , secondé par le capitaine Brnyan , a proposé la
résolution suivante : qui a été unanimement adoptée : n Résolu
qu'une assemblée générale des catholiques d'Irlande sera tenue
dans le petit théâtre; Fisliomble-Street , mercredi 18 juin , pour
délibérer sur l'état actuel des affaires des catholiques, et la nécessité
de préparer des pétitions pour faire entièrement révoquer les lois
pénales. « Johm Lalor , président. » INTÉRIEUR. Groningue y le 26
mai. Les comités d'agriculture , encore, existans dans les anciens
déparlemens de Groniugne et de Drenthe , sont dissous et
remplacés par une commission d'agriculture dans le département de
l'Eins-Occidenlal. Cette commission à été inslalée le j5 de ce mois
par M. le bat-on de l'Empire préfet du département , et elle a choisi
pour son présidentM. C. H. Gockinga. Livournc > le 2 5 mai M. Te
maire de cette ville vient de prévenir les propriétaires qui voudront
se livrer à la culture du colon , qu'il leur sera distribué la .quantité de
graines qu'ils demanderont, en indiquant l'étendue de terrein qu'ils
destinent à cette culture. Cette plante précieuse réussit parfaitement
en Toscane, et peut avec 'e teins y devenir une branche d'industrie
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612 Turin , le -28 mai. L'école expérimentale pour

l'extraction de l''n_ d-go des feuilles du pastel (isatis tincioria.) vient
d'être ouverte à Quiers , sous la direction "de M. le professeur
Giobert à qui le Gouvernement l'a confiée. La simplicité des moyens
par lesquels on extrait maintenant ce produit ; la Quantité
abondante que la plante en fournit , excellence de Pindigo qui en
provient tout pur avec une seule opération et sans aucun raffinage.
ne laissent pas douter «rue clans peu de teins cette nouvelle
branche d'industrie fournira de nouvelles ressources aux
départemens au-delà des Alpes. Pour faciliter les moyens d'étendre
l'établissement de ces fabriques , il vient d'être ouvert auprès de
cette école six places pour six élevés , avant au moins quatre ans de
pratique en pharmacie , qui seront logés et nourris gratuitement
pendant un cours expérimental sur l'art. Paris, le 5 juin MINISTERE
DU GRAND-JUGE. Par jugement du 24 février 1812, sur la demande
de François Bureau , propriétaire , demeurant à Bazoles , et autres
intéressés , Le tribunal de première instance à Nevers , département
de la Nièvre , a ordonné une enquête pour constater l'absence de
Gabriel Blin. Par jugement du 11 décembre 1810 , sur la demande
de dame Adélaïde Doré , veuve Polony, demeurant à Tours ,
déparlement d'Indre-etLoire , Le tribunal de première instance en la
même ville , a ordpnné une enquête pour constater l'absence de
Jean - Madeleine - Louis - Félix Polony. Et par autre jugement du 24
décembre 1812 , le même tribunal l'a déclaré absent. Par jugement
du 2 mars 1812 , sur la demande des sieurs Pierre et antre Pierre
Baylé , Le tribunal de première instance à Cahors , département du
Lot , a ordonné une enquête pour constater l'absencs de Barthélemi
Baylé. Pcx jugement du 23 mars 1812 , sur la demande de Philippe -
François Andriessclie , marin à Ostende , Le tribunal de première
instance à Bruges , département de la Lys, a déclaré Sébastien
Devrecse absent. LOTERIE IMPERIALE. TlBAOE DE STRrlSBOlSC ,
du. l" juin. oc) 5o 55 45 4? Tibace de Bordeaux, du 1 juin. 74 5o 5
76 86 TRAVAUX PUBLICS. Adjudication de la construction du pont du
Souillac , route 11° 2D , de Paris à Toulouse et en Espagne. Le
préfet, du département du Lot , annonce que , jusqu'au 5o juin
courant , avant midi , les troisième et dernière soumissions
cachetées el timbrées pour l'adjudication définitive des ouvrages à
fane pour la construction d'un pont eu pierre de neuf arches rie 22
mètres d'ou\eiture chacune , sur la rivière de Dordogne , à Souillac ,
roule de Paris à Toulouse el en Espagne , seront reçues au
secrélanat-général de la préfecture à Cahors , où '"on pourra
prendre communication des devis , détails estimatifs et plans, tous
les jours de la semaine , depuis huit heures du matin jusqu'à deux
heures de t'après-iaiiii. Lesdits ouvrages sont évalués, non compris
s>25,ooo fr. de sommes à valoir , savoir : . 1° Pour le pont , à
686,^75' 5V 2" Pour les avenues 226,789 68 VOYAGES. —
NAVIGATION , COMMERCE. Voyage autour du Monde, pendant les
années 1790 , 17<;i , 171)2 , par Etienne Marchand , précédé d'une
instruction historique , auquel ou a joint dus rccliorcf.es sur les terres
australes de D'raké , et un examen critique du voyage' de Roggeweil
, orné de cartes et de figures ; par C. P. Claret-Fleurieu , membre de
l'Institut et de la Légion d'honneur (1). PREMIEM EXTRAIT. Ce n'est
pas à dater du dernier siècle seulement qu'un a cherché s'il existait
un passage de l'Océan Atlantique à l'Océan septentrional par le
nord-ouest de l'Amérique ; celte voie pour arriver au Japon , à la
Chine et dans l'Inde , beaucoup plus^.courle que par le cap de
Bonne-Espérance et Xé détroit de Magellan , a été l'objet de
nombreuses expéditions , mais qui toutes jusqu'à présent n'ont servi
qu'à montrer la non existence de ce passage tant désiré. Dès
l'époque de la conquête de l'Amérique , Cortès lui-même lenta une
expédition au nordouest de ce continent , pour reconnaître s'il y
trouverait une communication par mer avec l'Océan Atlantique, celui
qui baigne les rôles de l'est de l'Amérique et du nord de l'Europe ;
mais celte course ne conduisit le conquérant du Mexique qu'à la
découverte de la Californie et de la Mer- Vermeille , en i55y. Trois
ans après, Francisco Alarçon alla, dans les mêmes parages à la
découverte du prétendu de'troit d'Aman , que Ton supposait avoir
été trouvé du côté de lest, par -le portugais Corleréal ou Corréal ;
Alarçon ne s'éleva que jusqu'au 56° degré de latitude nord , et ne fit
aucune découverte. Un Grec nommé Jean de Fuca , au service de
l'Espagne , découvrit en i5p?. , vers le 48e , parallèle au grand
détroit par lequel il prétendit être parvenu ,-des mers de l'Inde dans
l'Océan Atlantique ; mais la communication des deux Océans par ce
détroit n'en fut ni mieux prouvée ni plus probable , et n'existe sans
doute que dans sa relation , qui a fait beaucoup de bruit parmi les
navigateurs. L'amiral espagnol Sébastien Viscaino l'ut chargé , en
1602 , de chercher dans le nord de la Californie un port qui pût
servir de refuge aux galions à leur retour de Manille | il en trouva un,
commode, sur, et biensii-é, au "6° degré deux tiers de latitude,
auquel il donna le nom Ju vice-roi Monierey; à quoi on' a'juule qu'un
bâtiment léger de son escadre ,'. liront é par Martin de Aguilar ,
trouva enlre /,o et44 degrés, l'embouchure d'une grande rivière qui
porte son nom sur les caries de géographie. ;En 1640 , ' l'amiral
Bartholomeo de Fuente découvrit vers le parallèle de 55 degrés
l'archipel de Saint- Lazare , la rivière de Los ftej'es , de grands lacs,
etc. , enfin un passage ; disait-on , pour communiquer du
GrandOcéan à l'Océan Atlantique septentrional. Cette découverte ,
consignée dans une relation dont on a contesté l'authenticité, et
dans laquelle le vrai se trouve mêlé avec le faux , a èlé confirmée
par les navigateurs modernes pour ce qui regarde l'archipel de Saint-
Lazare , et peutêtre une mer intérieure ; mais la communication des
deux, Océans n'est pas mieux établie que celle de Jean de Fuca. Ces
expéditions furent tout-à-coup interrompues ; le grand commerce
qu'ouvrait l'Amérique aux Européens , leurs conquêtes el les grands
établissemens qu'ils formaient dans cette partie du monde
détournèrent leur attention des recherches pour s'ouvrir un passage
au nord avec les mers septentrionales de' l'Inde; ce ne fut qu'un
siècle après, en 1741 , que la côte occidentale de l'Amérique du nord
fut de nouveau visitée. A cette époque, Bering et Tschirikow, au
service de Russie , découvrirent la côte du NordOuest, le premier,
vers le soixantième parallèle; le second , vers le cinquante-sixième.
Depuis cette époque, les découvertes des Russes se sont étendues
jusqu'à la partie la plus septentrionale de celte célè ; et ils ont
compris, dans les reconnaissance! qu'ils en ont faites , la péninsule
d'Ala,ska e*t la longue chaîne des îles Aleutiennes , qui, l'une et
l'autre, appartiennent au continent de l'Amérique; mais, dans ces
climats glacés, aucune issue, aucune communication ne leur a
montré qu'on put passer de Post de l'Asie , où ils étaient, dans
l'Océan à l'occident de l'Europe. Ces découvertes des Russes
ranimèrent le goût des expéditions chez les Espagnols, el donnèrent
lien à rie nouvelles tentatives. En 1769, des bàtimens furent
expédiés du port de San-Blas-, sous le commandement de Vicente
Vila pour aller lormer 1111 établissement au port de San-Diego, et
un autre, à celui de Monierey ; mais cette expéTotnl 915, 565' 21"
Ni/ta. Il y a eu sur la seconde sffiihe, une première soumission sans
rabais , et Conforme aux prix des détails estimatifs. Il] Cir.cj volumes
ir,-S" , avec un volume in-4» formant atlas et contenant !ea c;ir:cs et
les fTtniic*. A-Paris, chez Mc'= veuve Courtier , quai tics Auguilins ,
0°. 57. dition ne donna aucune découverte '; seulement après une
année entière de recherches et de fatigues, les Espagnols
retrouvèrent le port de Munlerev, dont, comme nous avons vu,
Viscaino leur avait indiqué la latitude en 1602. Une seconde
expédition , en 177!), sous la conduite île Jean de Ayala el. de son
pilote Anionto Maurelle , fit faire un pas à la géographie, el procura
la découverte de quelques caps et de quelques baies sur la côte de
l'ouest , entre le quaràRle-septieme et le cinquante-septième
parallèle. Un troisième et quatrième voyage, en 1778 et 1779,
n'ajoutèrent rien aux découvertes , et le second donna seulement la
certitude que les Russes avaient formé des établissemens fîtes sur
plusieurs points des latitudes élevées. Cependant un îles plus
célèbres navigateurs, le capitaine Cook, faisait à la même époque
l'emploi dé ses talens et de ses lumières, pour connaître la côtedu
nord-ouest : on doit à ses travail1: et à ses recherches les premières
connaissances certaines que l'Europe ail de celte partie occidentale
du Nouveau-Momie. Après avoir découvert Nootka-Sound , vers le
49e degré 2/5 dé lalitnde , et reconnu quelques points au-dessus du
cinquante-sixième parallèle, il découvrit à soîxarjle! degrés William's-
Sonnri détroit de Guillaume) et Cook's-River ( rivière de Cook); il
contourna la presqu'île d'Alaska, visita quelques-unes îles
Aleutiennes, el de là, s'élevani jusqu'aux plus hautes latitudes que
les glaces permettent aux navigateurs d'atteindre, il fut confondre
ses découvertes avec celles que les Ptusses oui faitesdepuis .1745.
Le voyage de Cook dans ces parages a fait connaître à l'Angleterre
les objets nouveaux et précieux que le nord-onest de l'Amérique
offrait à son commerce ; il a fait voir la possibilité de rivaliser avec
les Russes dans l'extraction ries pelleteries, et de partager avec eux
les grands bénéfices que. peuvent procurer dans les échanges avec
l'empire de la Cbine , les dépouilles des animaux, les trésors des
forêts de l'Amérique f enfin , il a ouvert une nouvelle source de
richesses que les autres nations peuvent partager, et dont nous
avons vu dans l'extrait du voyage du capitaine Lwis, que les Etats-
Unis se sont déjà utilement occupés. La France prit part un peu plus
tard cpie les Espagnols , les Anglais et les -Russes à ces expéditions
lointaines. La nécessité de faire le tour du Monde pour les exécuter',
d'aller doubler la' pointe méridionale de l'Amérique , remonter au
nord et de là traverser l'Océan Indien pour revenir dans les ports de
l'Europe parle Cap-de-Bonne-Espèrance , . ce long trajet avait retenu
nos navigateurs , occupés d'aiHeirrs d'un riche . commerce maritime
dans les -ports du Nouveau-Monde. Mais en 178") , le
Gouvernement fit partir du port de Brest un des plus illustres
navigateurs que comptent les annales de la marine , la Pevronse. Sa
destination fut de recueillir toutes les observations qui pourraient
servir aux progrès des connaissances uau^ tiques, et d'étendre- les
découvertes sur les points du globe où il passerait. Il dirigea sa
course en 1786, vers la côte du nord-ouest de l'Amérique et y atlént
sur le mont Saint-Elie de Bering , à 60 degrés de latitude; il
prolongea les terres du continent sur une étendue de A'/O lieues ,
depuis ce parallèle jusqu'au port de Monierey > situé à 56e degrés
dent tiers , et s'attacha par-, ticulièrement à reconnaître les parties
de la côte dont le capitaine Cook avait été écarté par les vents
contraires; il découvrit un beau port à 58 degrés deux tiers; de
grandes terres détachées du continent entre 5:j et 52 degrés ;
etdans l'est de ces terres , l'archipel Saint-Lazare , de l'amiral de
Fuerrle. Dan? le cours rie ses reconnaissances , il avait vérifié' et
constaté quelques-unes ries découvertes de r 7^5 1 que les
Espagnols, circonspects, avaient à peine indiquées. Rien, diuis les
découvertes de ce savant navigateur, n'annonce que la
communication tant désirée existe', et l'on est bien convaincu
aujourd'hui que s'il existait quelque détruit qui pût y servir , ce ne
serait qu'à une latitude extrêmement élevée et impraticable aux plus
intrépides navigateurs , bien loin qu'elle put servir au commerce.
Cependant les grands profils que les deux vaisseaux employés dans
le dernier voyage du. capitaine Cook avaient faits à Ja Chine sur les
fourrures qu'ils y avaient perlées ries rôles norriouest rie l'Amérique ,
excitèrent la cupidité dis négocians armateurs , et donnèrent lieu à
île nombreuses expéditions. Elles se multiplièrent dans l'intervalle de
1780 à 1789, sous la conduite des capitaines Hamn.à , Peters ,
Lnwr.r- , Guise , Meaïes , Tipping , Portlork , Dixon , Berklay , Colnett
, Du ma 11 , Douglas, Grey , qui , partis des ports d'Angleterre ,
allèrent à, 1 extrémité du globe échanger contre des marehandises
de leur pays , des pelleteries qu'ils portaient ensuite à la Chine et
ailleurs p-.':i- v prendre des productions eu des étoffes qui étaient
eu Europe un nouveau moyen de bénéfices entre leurs mains. Mais
ces' .expéditions provoquées
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Marchand , dont nous allons nous occuper, à vérifier si en effet il
existait un passage au nord; toutes ont prouvé plus ou moins 3u'il
n'eviste pas ; mais elles ont fait connaître es ports , des rades , et
ont perfectionné la navigation dans ces mers autrefois si peu
connues. Telles étaient donc, à l'époque de 1790, les idées et les
connaissances de l'Europe sur les découvertes du nord -ouest de
l'Amérique, et le commerce qu'on peut y faire , lersqu'une maison
particulière de commerce conçut le projet d'armer pour celle mer.
L'entreprise pouvait être téméraire. Jusqu'alors un seul navigateur
français , Lapevrouse , avait concouru avec ceux d'Espagne et
d'Angleterre , à perfectionner la découverte de celle partie du
Nouveau-Monde , et jusqu'alors les négoc.ians de France n'avaient
pu se livrer à des projets pour partager le commerce des pelleteries
avec les autres nations. Il eût été. par trop hasardeux dé s'engager
sans un examen préalable , dans des spéculations qui exigeaient ,
pour être réalisées , que des vaisseaux lissent le lour du globe. Avant
que de se lancer dans cetle nouvelle carrière, il fallait donc que nos
négocians eussent des données .à peu près certaines , qui , d'une
part , les missent en mesure de se former un plan sur la conduite à
tenir avec les Américains de la côte du nord ouest , cl sur le choix
des marchandises nécessaires pour les échanges avec eux ; et qui ,
de l'autre , leur fissent entrevoir les bénéfices qu'on pouvait attendre
-des seconds échanges à faire des pelleteries de l'Amérique avec les
productions de la Chine , qui enfin leur permissent d'évaluer par
apperçu le produit net de l'opération entière , lorsque les vaisseaux
auraient fait leur retour dans les ports de France. La compagnie de
Nootka-Sound, formée à Londres pour le commerce des pelleteries ,
avait jusqu'alors gardé un silence intéressé sur le succès des
expéditions qu'elle avait faites; celles du- capitaine Mearses et
d'autres navigateurs n'étaient pas encore connues , et l'incerlilude
sur le sort de Lapeyrouse avait fait suspendre la publication des
résultais de son vovage; on espérait toujours qu'il pourrait les publier
lui-même. Dans cetle ineeititu.de sur la conduite a tenir, un hasard
procura aux armateurs français les informations qui leur étaient
nécessaires pour diriger l'opération da commerce .des pelleteries ,
enlre la côte du nord -ouest et la Chine. Un .capitaine /français à son
retour du Bengale, en 17S8, Etienne Marchand, fit rencontre dans
filé de Saiute-Hélene , du capitaine Portlock , employé par la
compagnie anglaise, de NootkaSound; il reçut de lui tous les
renseignemens qu'il pouvait désirer sur le commerce de la côte du
nord - ouest et sur les profits qu'on pouvait en espérer, si l'on
combinait la traite dès pelleteries avec une relâche à la Chine qui
offrait un débouché avantageux pour ces marchandises et assurait
une cargaison pour le retour en Europe. « Le capitaine Marchand , a
son arrivée au port de Marseille, auquel le vaisseau sur lequel il avait
fait le voyage du Bengale appartenait , communiqua les inlormalions
qu'il s'était procurées à la maison Baux, qui jalouse d'ouvrir à ses
compatriotes une nouvelle branche de commerce , n'hésita pas de
courir les hasards d'une première tentative et des pertes qui
pouvaient en résulter si elle ne réussissait pas. Mais une expédition
d'un genre nouveau , mi voyage autour du monde, une navigation
qui par la suite des opérations combinées, emploierait trois ou
quatre années, exigeaient de. grands préparatifs, 1 emploi de
plusieurs ma 11 ufa dures pour se procurer les armes et les divers
ustensiles que le commerce n'a pas en réserve , et qui sont
nécessaires pour les échanges dans la traite ries pelleteries , enfin la
construction d'un vaisseau capable de résister long-iems aux mers
dures qui baignent les rôles du nord-ouest de l'Amérique. La maison
Baux , continue M. de Fleurieu , s'occupa sans délai de la fabrication.
de tous les objets d'une utilité prévue e.t de la construction d'un
navire de 5oo tonr.caux de port, pour assurer la conservation , du
bâtiment dans la traversée des mers chaudes, on le fit cheviller et
doubler en cuivre; on le disposa de tous points de la manière qui
parut au capitaine Marchand la plus convenable pour les mers où il
devait naviguer et lés ports où il aurait occasion de séjourner, l.e
navire fut d'ailleurs approvisionné des effets , des marclianâîses , ds
comestibles , dont il fut jugé utile de le pourvoir, tant poulie
détendre, en cas d'aUaque , el le réparer en cas d'accident, que pour
faciliter les opérations de Commerce et pour conserver la santé des
équipages dans le cours d'une aussi longue navigation. » Quoique le
vaisseau fût prêt dés le mois de juin 1 7 < ,1 <> , il ne peut partir
qu'après que quelque:, signes d'hostilités entre l'Espagne et I
Angleterre, pour in propriété de Moolka -Sound , eurent fait place à
des. dispositions pacifiques qui permettaient de naviguer dans les
mers de l'Océan septentrional. ' Le capitaine Marchand partit donc
de Marseille sur le bâtiment le ■Solide, en décembre 1790. Il
s'adjoignit pour le seconder, deux capitaines, Pierre Classe et Prosper
Chanal ; la totalité, des individus employés dans l'expédition s'élevait
à 5o 5 le navire fut armé de quatre canons de quatre livres de balle
et d'autres pièces et Humilions- de guerre proportionnées au nombre
des hommes qui le montaient. Tels furent les motifs el l'objet du
voyagé dont il est question ici;- les détails où nous sommes entrés
étaient nécessaire* pour en faire connaître l'importance et l'intérêt ;
il a servi aux progrès des connaissances nautiques , de l'histoire
naturelle el de la géographie. Indéfiendamment d'une découverte
importante dans e Grand-Océan , de plusieurs détails nouveaux sur
une partie de l'Amérique "occidentale dn Nord, encore
imparfaitement connue, et d'un grand nombre d'observations
astronomiques applicables à l'art de la navigation , ce voyage est le
second autour du Monde qui ait été' fait par des Français.
Jusqu'alors Bongajnville n'avait eu en France ni modèle , ni imitateur
, la fortune jalouse n'a pas voulu qne notre malheureux la Peyrouse
put achever sa course ;. « et sans doute , dit M. de Fleuneu, on ne
sera pas tenté d'inscrire dans la liste des voyages autour du Monde ,
ni celui de Gentil la Barbais , ni celui de Pages, lesquels faits en
partie pur mer, mais en pins grande partie par lerre , ne peuvent
être comptés dans le nombre des circonnavigations du globe. » Le
voyage du capitaine Marchand n'a pu être rédigé sur les mémoires
de cet habile navigateur; « après avoir ramené heureusement son
vaisseau dans un de nos ports de la Méditerranée , il prit un
nouveau commandement pour Hsle-de-France , où il a terminé sa
carrière , el j'ignore , dil M. de Fleurieu , dans quelles mains se
trouvent les papiers qu'il peut avoir laissés. » Mais si nous avons à
regretter les remarques particulières que pouvait contenir son propre
journal , nous devons nous regarder comme dédommagés par la
possession de celui du capitaine Chanal , qui avait été chargé-
personnellement pendant le cours du voyage de toutes les
reconnaissances qui ont été faites , soit des iJes découvertes ou
visitées dans le Grand-Océan , soit des parties de la cote nord-ouest
de l'Amérique ,.' où" lé Sa Ude n'Tair'lS'irSiie dès pelleteries. Le
capitaine Chanal a ajouté à' sa narration les plans des côtes et ports
que lui-même a visités. Ce journal", tenu avec méthode , et
présentant dans le meilleur ordre tous les événemens de la traversée
,'. réunit- à la table du Loc , transcrite heure par heure , toutes les
particularités relatives, à la navigation que le lecleur curieux cherche
et désire trouver dans un journal de mer, et, ce qui n'est pas moins
précieux, l'exposé simple el facile cie tous les faits, et un tableau
d'après nature des hommes et des choses vus sans préjugés et sans
système. » Le savant rédacteur s'est encore aidé dans son important
travail des observations que M. ftohlel, premier chirurgien de
l'expédition, lui a communiquées au moment de l'impression de
l'ouvrage. « Les observations de cet officier de santé , c'est M. de
Fleurieu qui parle , sont d'un homme éclairé , qui allie beaucoup de
connaissances a celles de sa profession , et qui a su employer les
unes et les autres avec succès ; la conservation de la santé de
l'équipage du soUdi: est due à l'heureux emploi de ses talens et de
ses soins, y Tout concourt donc à inspirer de .l'intérêt pour ce
voyage , à la rédaction duquel a long-tems travaillé le savant
distingué qui l'a rédigé et l'a enrichi de notes considérables et
pleines de savoir. L'introduction qu'il a mise en tête , et d'où nous
avons extrait une grande partie, des détails qu'on vient de lire,
av-.li.Jl été lue clans les séances particulières de i'-ltwiMHt ; c'est un
excellent morceau de l'Histoire ri^'s découvertes et delà navigation;
il prépare le lecteur à 'l'intelligence i\u voyage.de marchand', el le
met à même de profiler des nouvelles Connaissances nautiques
qu'on y trouve expliquées; Parmi toutes celles de celle espèce oui
doivent fitre remarquées , qu'il nous soit permis de citer l'usagé qu'a
fait le capitaine Chanal des observations de distances rie la lune nu.
soleil ou aux étoiles pour déterminer la longitude du vaisseau. « Ces
distances, étaient prises ftnVième lein> et sénarément par lis deux
capitaines avec dus sexlans à réflexion exactement vérifiés : chaque
oiweiva' leur calculait les siennes , s nautiques faites pendant la
traversée , sur la longitude, la latitude, ies cnni-ans. les erreurs de
calcul de l'estime, etc. , tous objets du plus grand intérêt pour
quiconque s'intéresse aux progrès de la navigation ; le quatrième cl
cinquième sont presqu'ontièrement e:u- ' plovés à ï'/l:s;,iii.>
naturelle ou description des oiseaux . poissons, productions mar.nes,
etc. , remarqués pendant le voyage; 00 trouve aussi dans !) Le Jou
de Sés'aTte* As
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lions on v oyagB aulo'irdu Mi-inlc , tnlt en 1721 < '• nirii] hollandais
Roggeiven : nova jninl un tableau comparatif des positions difleqne
divers géographes oui données aux d rwrvertés de ce navigateur,
avec des noies es à cet examen ; discussion intéressante ■pour la-
géographie maritime de ces nuis, et pour rectifier des erreurs qui s'y
sont glissées. I e sixième volume forme l'atlas : on y trouve r des
observations sur là division hydrograph'ique de globe:; les
ghangenaens proposes dans la noiiiericl ature générale et
particulière de l'hydrographie : a"' l'application di; système métrique
[décima! à l'hydrographie el aux calculs de la na\ igalipri L'auteur
propose des moyens île substituer dans les opérations nautiques Je
calcul décimal au calcul duodécimal usité ; 5" quinze rnrîçs el une
planche de ligures destinées à l'm"lelligencé delà route et des
obsenalions faites sur i'hisloire naturelle et la navigation. Noos
terminons ce premier extrait par remarquer que cet ouvrage , sorti
des presses de M»» Vf Courcier . est remarquable par la bonne
impression . la netteté du caractère et la correction, du texte, Un
livre chargé de calculs et d'un grand nombre de renvois et de notes
avait besoin de ces qualités réunies. Pelchet. HISTOIRE NATURELLE.
ZOOLOGIE. ■Description des cétacés échoués clans In baie de
Paimpol ; par M. G- Cuvier. (Extrait. ) Le - janvier 1812 , des
pêcheurs de Paimpol appercurent une troupe nombreuse de cétacés
, à l'eau que ces animaux faisaient jaillir, de leurs évents. [ n d'entre
eux étant échoué poussa des cris qui attirèrent les antres , et les
firent échouer aussi au nombre ria soixante-dix. La plupart étaient
des femelles adultes : sept mâles les accompagnaient , el elles
paraissaient voyager en famille avec leurs petits, qui étaient au
nombre de douze. Ceux-ci tétaient encore, à en juger par le lait
contenu dans les mamelles des mères : ce lait était d'un blanc
bleuâtre. • Les individus adultes poussaient de longs mugissemens ,
qui ne sortaient point par la bouche , mais par le trou de l'évent.
Leur respiration se faisait aussi par cette ouverture , et on observait
un intervalle assez grand entre chaque respiration : pour cet effet ,
l'animal soulevait la Soupape uni se trouve à l'ouverture de l'évent.
Lorsque ces annna.ux voulaient se remuer, ils le faisaient au moyen
de leur queue qu'ils appliquaient sur le sol ; de cette manière , ils
élevaient de cinq à six pieds leur train de devant, lis se tenaient
verticalement dans l'eau. Tous étaient morts après cinq jours , et l'on
n'a trouvé dans leur estomac que des restes de sèches el de
mculles. Le mâle le plus grand avait si mètres de long , deux de
circonférence , et il pesait ?.5oo kilogrammes. La plus grande
femelle avait plus de sept UM'tre's de l'extrémité du museau au bout
de la queue , et plus ne trois de circonférence. Sis nageoires
pectoral; s avaient plus d'un mètre el demi. Les petits avaieul deux
mètres environ. Lt-s adultes avaient de 18 à 16 dénis coniques à.
chaque mâchoire; quelques-uns des petits n'en avaient point eneoie,
et d'autres en avaient paru commun quer avec les narrlnes et pou>
voir servir de siège an sens de l'odorat, ne . s'est trouvée qu'un très
-«grand sinus.; sinus > qui sert probablement à recevoir le sang
quand > ranimai, eu plongeant loug-tems , est obligé » de
suspendre sa respiration. » Ainsi les conjectures que l'on avait pu
faire » sur l'existence de l'odorat, dans les dauphins, » n'ont plus de
fondemenl, et l'on doit avouer » que l'on ignore comment ils
exercent ce » sens . etc. » M. Ciu'ier, dans ce rapport qui se trouve
au tome XIX des Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, fait un
examen critique des différentes espèces de dauphin , duquel il
resuite un véritable travail général sur celte famille importante de
mammifères. Nous allons en extraire les notes suivantes. Ces
animaux se divisent en quatre sous-genres. Lc. Les delphinapteres
qui ont la tête obtuse et sont privés de nageoires dorsales. On n'en
connait bien qu'une espèce , le Delp. Leucas. IIe Les marsouins à
tète obtuse , sans museau rétréci, qui comprennent, 1" l'épéë de
mer, dont la nageoire dorsale est élevée et pointue, et les nageoires
pectorales ovales, dont le ventre, et les sourcils sont blaucs, et dont
la longuenrva jusqu'à 20 pieds; 20 un dauphin envoyé de Brest par
M. Duméril , qui a tous les caractères dû précédent , excepté qu'il
est grisâtre, qu'il devient beaucoup moins grand, et qu'il perd ses
dents dès que sa taille approche do 12 pieds M. Cuvier l'appelle
Delp- Gtïseas ; 5° la dauphin de SaintBrieux , qui fait l'objet principal
de cet article , et que Bï. Cuvier nomme Delp. GlobicepsIII5. Les
dauphins, proprement dits , à museau grêle et distingué de la tète.
Ils comprennent , i° l'on. a qui est mnl connu ; 20 le tursio de
Bonatère, qui porte 84 dents; 5° le dauphin à bec grêle, à 92 dents ;
4° et le dauphin \ ulgaire à 1S0 dénis, auquel M. Cuvier doune le
nom de delp. dubius. IV'. Les hyperrodons, dont on ne connaît
qu'une seule espèce, le delp. edenluhis , qui a aussi le museau
distinct de la tète , et où l'on ne. trouve presque jamais, du moins à
un certain âge , plus de deux dents; elles manquent même
quelquefois entièrement. En général , il parait que le nombre des
dents chez les dauphins est très-variable , et que ces animaux en
perdent plusieurs avec l'âge. ( Bulletin des sciences- ) ChrestôiïiaiKie
élémentaire, ou cours de versions grecques, composé de morceaux
d'histoire, de morale, etc., avec une traduction nouvelle, un
commentaire, et l'index complet des auteurs cité. Ou quantum satis
est. N. li.siii. Oui. IV, tu vol in-R°. — Prix, broché, et franc de purt
par la posle , (> i'r. Le même , ou Cours de versions grecques, ele. ,
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cari. , 2 I'r. 85 c. , et franc de port par la posle . 5 I'r. A, Paris , chez
Auguste Delalain , impriuieurlibraire , rue des Maihunns Saint-
Jacques , n" 5. — 1812 Les Caractères de La Bruyère , avec de
nouvelles notes critiqués, précédées d'une notice historique el
littéraire sur La Bruyère, pour servit à l'éducation de la jeunesse ;
par Mm' de Gen'ls. U*n vol. in-12, avec, un titre gravé et le portrait
de La Bruyère. Prix , 4 fr. , el 5 fr 5o c. franc de port par la poste. A
Paris , à la librairie d'éducation , chez Alexis Eyunery, rue mazanne ,
n" ïo. LIVRES DIVERS. Lettres de Cicéron il Brutus , et de Brutus à
Cicéron , avec le texte en regard des Notes , et la préface critique de
Midleîbn- Traduction nouvelle par M. le Deist de Botidoux ,
exconstituant. In-12, français - latin , imprimerie de J. M. Eberhart.
— Prix , 5 fr. A Paris , chez Nicolle , rue de Seine , n° 12 , et
Eberhart , rue du Foin-Samt-Jarques , n° 12. Nous ferons connaître
incessammeut cette production nouvelle de l'écrivain auquel on doit
la traduction des Commentaires de César, dont il a été rendu compte
dans le Moniteur. Manuel des Haras , ou Système des opérations des
races de. chevaux , applicable à toutes les parties de l'Empire
français ; à l'usage dp ceux qui, par gor.t ou par spéculation, se
livrent à l'élevé des chevaux; suivi de la manière de purger les
chevaux à l'anglaise ; par Pichard , professeur d'éauitatïon , ancien
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SPECTACLES. Académie Impériale de Musique. Aujourd'hui , Armirie.
Théâtre-Français. Les comédiens ordinaires de S. M. I'Empereur
donneront aujourd'hui, le Dissipateur , et les Folies amoureuses.
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Saint- Germain. — Ce cabinet sera ouvert les, dimanche , mercredi
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6 ■/«*« 1813. EXTERIEUR. ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE. Charlrs-Tcwn
, /c 2 acril. xS ous avons toujours ici la perspective d'une guerre
prochaine. On doit construire ries barraques à Albami". La levée des
recrues doit se faire avec vigueur. Oc achètera immédiatement des
chevaux pour Ja cavalerie , et on doit prendre d'autres mesures
semblables- Le régiment de New-Yorck doit être incessamment
complelté. On dit qu'un nouveau corps de i5,ooo hommes sera
formé dans six semâmes. • — Le 29 mars , un messager de Londres
est arrivé chez le ministre anglais M. Fors'er. — La législature de
New-Yorck a adopté le Biill autorisant une banque avec un capital de
six millions. Ce capital sera tiré des fonds de la dernière banque des
Etats-Unis. La banque paiera à l'Etat 5oo,ooo dollars , et lui en
prêtera , s'il est nécessaire, 5oo,ooo autres, à 5 pour cent d'intérêt.
Le bill de l'emprunt n'a plus besoin que de la signature du président
pour avoir force de loi. — Le JVasp est parti de New-Yorck avec des
dépêches pour l'Europe. — M. Charles Whitton , de New-Yorck, a
présenté à la législature de cet Elal une pétition dans laquelle il
annonce qu'il a découvert une filante qui remplace parfaitement le
chanvre et 9 lin. AUTRICHE Vienne , /« 34 mai. Le cours sur
Augsbourg était hier à 224. — Le prince archevêque de Salzbourg a
fini par succomber à sa maladie , comme il était facile de le prévoir.
Ce prélat était respectable par sa piété, el reoommandable par son
instruction. Il est mort le 21. Le corps a été transporté hier avec la
plus grande solennité , à l'église métropolitaine de c?ii,.-tTtii-nne. ,
et déposé dans te tombeau qu'il a fait construire , à ses irais, il y a
quelques années. Il a établi légataire universel de la fortune
considérable qu'il laisse, son neveu, le prince bi1 Colloredo-
Mannsfeld , fils aine du prince de Cdlorerio , mort vice-chancelier de
l'Empire. Il ]. nsse à ses deux frères , les princes de Colloredo , î'eld-
maréohaux de l'Empire , la jouissance du, revenu d'un capital de
cent mille florins. — Jusqu'ici il était permis de prendre des
échantillons du café qui arrivait à la douane et destiné à passer eu
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