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ABLE INCIDENTS, &c. &c. IN VOL. II.

A.

CRE, official report of the siege of,
159. Sir Sydney Smith's account

of the same, &c. 620.

ACTIONS, naval, a more particular account
of, as to wind, weather, situation, tack,
and sail, desirable, 52.

ADMIRAL, etymology of the term, 187.
ADMIRALTY, First Lords of the, from
Lord Anson, 225..

of, 283.

-, the Russian, Coxe's account

HIGH COURT OF, pro-
ceedings before the, in July, in the cause
respecting the Danish ship Neptunus,
213; American ship Juno, 215; Ge- .
noese polacre La Madrona del Rosario,
217, and in August, the Minerva East
Indiaman ;-in December on the trials
of Jean Prevot, 629; Francis Antoine
Sauvajot, 630. 632; Peter Ennis and
James Brothers, 630; Thomas Potter,
William Searle, and Tho. Bentham, John
Roach, Thomas Scullion, John Quin,
and Edward Catelyn,631; James Thomp
son, and Richard Bailey, 632.
AGAMEMNON, his naval power and enter-
prising spirit, 456.

AGOA BAY, account of, 130.

Aix, isle of, correct account of the attack

of the Spanish squadron there, 252.
ALMS, Capt. JAMES, born at Gosport,
$49. Trained to the sea service by his
elder brother, 550. Sails for Minorca
on board a merchant vessel, Ibid. En-
ters into the King's service on board of
the Dragon, 551. Rated midshipman,
Ibid. His spirited and exact conduct in
the memorable action of Admirals Mat-
thews and Lestock, Ibid. Removed to
the Namur, 1552. His bravery in the
engagement off Cape Finisterre between
Vice Admiral Anson and two French
squadrons, 553. Shipwrecked, 554. Let-
ter written by him on that melancholy
event, Ibid. Made Lieutenant of the
Syren, 557. Accepts the command of
VOL. II.

of an East Indiaman, 557. Returns to
his duty in the Royal Navy, and ap-
pointed First Lieutenant of the Mars,
558. Attached to Sir Edward Hawke's
fleet when he engaged M. de Conflans,
Ibid. Advanced commander, and ap-
pointed acting Captain of the Alarm tri-
gate, 559.
His services in the West
Indies, 560. Captures a Spanish frigate
and an armed stoteship, 561. Weighs
two sunken ships at Port Mariel, 562.
Promoted to the rank of Post-Captain,
563. Resides with his family at Chi-
chester, Ibid. Stationed for three years
in the Mediterranean, 564. Appointed
Regulating-Captain in the impress ser-
vice, Ibid. Sails for the East Indies in
the Monmouth, Ibid. His gallantry in
the engagement between Commodore
Johnstone and M. de Suffrein, 565. In
a scarcity of water obtains seasonable
supplies by means of stills, 567. En-
comium on his extraordinary zeal, per-
severance, and good conduct in the ser-
vice, 568. His great exertions in joining
Sir Edward Hughes, 569. His distin-
guished gallantry and extreme danger in
Sir Edward's second engagement with M.
de Suffrein, 571 Severely afflicted in
the unfortunate death of his eldest son,
572. His share in the third action, 575..
Employed in the critical service of carry..
ing succours to Trincomale, Ibid. His
judicious conduct in the fourth action
with Suffrein, 576. Returns to England,
578. His death and family, 579.
AMBOYNA, infinite variety of the trees it
produces, 135. Wonderful monster infest-
ing its seas, 136. Marine offering of
the natives to the evil spirit, Ibid. Re-
markable for its numerous springs, Ibid.
ANCHOR, first invention of the, 180.
ANGUILLAS, the Reef, interesting account-
of, 58.

APPOINTMENTS, 82. from June 18 to
July 13, 171-252;-August to Sep-
tember, 356-4473—547 ·
ASCENSION

ASCENSION ISLAND, account of, 87.
ATHENS, account of its rise, 461.
ATKINSON, Mr. W. his gallant conduct
in recovering the ship Townley, 251.
AUSTRIAN SOLDIERS, several thousands
sold by the French Directory to the
Spaniards, to work in their mines in
South America, 116, note.

AZORES, Sir W. Raleigh's report of Sir
Richard Granvill's action about those
isles with a Spanish armada, 474.

B.

BASTIA, taken, 41. Return of the Bri
tish force employed in the siege, and
number of the garrison, Ibid.
BEARING DOWN, the old sea term, now
changed to bearing up, the meaning of
this required, 52.

BERRY, Sir E. his letter to Sir W. An-
derson, thanking the Court of Common
Council for the compliments paid him,
76. Visits Guidhall, and receives the
freedom of the city, &c. 253.
BICKERTON, Sir R. some particulars of,

575-

BILLS in Parliament, Naval and Commer-
cial, 163.

BLANCHE frigate lost on the coast of Hol-
land, 537. The captain and ship's com-
pany tried for the same, 634.
BLETTENBERG'S BAY, account of, 130.
BOLTS, premium for the beft model of a
machine for them in ships, 145•
BOND, Capt. account of his reception by
the king of Baba, on carrying presents
to him for the hospitality he shewed to
the crew of the ship Neptune belonging
to Bombay, wrecked off the south-east
end of Madagascar, 355.

BOORDER, Capt. spirited conduct of, 349.
BOWEN, Capt. procures the release of six
British subjects from slavery at Algiers,

253.
BRIDPORT, Lord, his fleet procures stock
remarkably cheap at Beerhaven, in Ire-
land, 76 The unexampled closeness
with which he has blocked up the French
feet in Brest harbour, 100.
BUCKOLL, Capt. RICHARD, his birth and
education, 85. Sails as midshipmian, first
with Capt. Parry, and afterwards with
Capt. Inglefield, (in all five times) to
the coast of Africa, 86. Patronized by
Admiral Sir Francis Geary, 85, 86.
Made signal officer, 87. Excepting a
very few days not on shore for five years,
Ibid. Honoured by a conference with
his Majesty at Weyinouth, 88. Made a
Lieutenant; and, in a voyage with Capt.
Inglefield, narrowly missed the S. Jago

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register ship, Ibid. Appointed to the
Victory, 89. Distinguishes himself at
Toulon and Corsica, 89. Appointed
First Lieutenant of the Dido frigate, Ibid.
Dangerously wounded in a gallant action
with La Minerve, 91. Promoted to be
a Commander, 93. Appointed to the
Serpent sloop, and captures the Swedish
vessel Axmar, and a Spanish felucca, &c.
93. Dies in his seventh voyage to the
coast of Africa, having been made Post-
Captain in his absence. 94. His cha-
Ja&er, 95. Funeral procession, 96. [See
Plate XV. 120.] Arms, Ibid.
BUDGEROWs, (boats) account of, 62.
BURKS (boats) described, 62.

C.

CALVI, taken, 44.
CAMEL, description of a machine so called
for lifting and removing ships, 285.
CAMOENS, LUIS DE, some account of, bog.
CANNONADING, propriety of, where there
may be the smallest chance of reaching
an enemy, 12.

CANOPUS man of war, dimensions of the,
341.

CEDERSTROEM, Baron, condemned at

Stockholm to be shot, but pardoned, 538.
CHART of the lines of magnetic variation
in the seas around Africa, elucidated, 591.
CHARTS, Dutch, inaccurate, 131, 132.
CHATHAM, the late Lord, naval anecdote
of, 101.

CHUNAM, used in the East Indies to cover
the bottoms of ships, superior to copper
sheathing, 51.

CINNAMON-TREE, the, (and most pro-
bably other spice trees, will thrive in the
West Indies as well as in its native soil,ji.
CIRCUMNAVIGATORS, list of, 393.
COCOA-SHELL, the integument surround.

ing it called coir, preferable to hemp in
the manufacture of cordage, 60. 138.-
COLLETT, trial of his action,, Lord
Keith, 637.

COLNETT, Capt. account of his voyage
to the South Atlantic, &c. 469. Insi-
d'ously and cruelly treated by Don Mar
tinez, at Nootka Sound, Ibia.
COLQUOHOUN, Mr. his observations on
nazal embezzlement, 311. 385.
COMMERCE, vic'ssitudes of, 519.
COMMON COUNCIL of London, their pro-
ceeding's relative to the freedom of the
city and gold box voted to Adm. Thonip-
son, and on the report of the Committee
for considering in what manner the Court
should perpetuate the fate glorious naval
victories, 76.

COMPASS, th mariner's, allegations" for
and

and against its being known to the an-
cients, 188.
COMPASS, one of Dutch construction,
account of, 50; strongly recommended
to the use of the British navy, 51.

Mr. Edwards's newly invented,
observations on, 411. Caution in adopt-
ing it recommended, 424.

Mr. Whidbey's remarks on, 505.
Cook, Capt. (the celebrated circumnavi-
gator,) his method of curing pork in a
hot climate, 98.

Capt. E. his admirable bravery
and conduct in capturing La Forte, 261.
447. 540. Interesting letter of his re-
specting the negociation, &c. at Toulon,
378. Account of his death, &c. 643.
CORDOVA, Don JosEPH, broke for his con-
duct in the engagement with Admiral
Jervis, 449.

CORROCORRA, description of a, 135.
CORSICA, short historical account of, 68.
Taken by the British, 44.
COURTS MARTIAL, NAVAL, proceedings

of various, on the trials of Capt. Jenkins,
354; Capt, Matson, 515; Capt. Faulk-
nor, 545; Mr. Ross, Mr. Piose, 632;
Mr. Elliott, Capt. Rose, Lieurs. M Ken-
zie and Lowe, 633; John Shea, Lieut.
Harroden, Capt. Ayscough and ship's
company, 634; the Master of the
Growler gun-vessel, and Garret Andrew
Fauch, 635.

COXE, his account of the Russian admi-
ralty, 283; of the commerce of the Bri-
tish factory at St. Petersburgh, 394.
CREWS of Ships, various hints highly in-
teresting to them, 99. 428.
CRONSDALE, particulars of his engagement
with a national corvette, 251.
CUNNINGHAM, Capt. account of his cap-
ture of La Vestale, 351.

D.

DANISH and NORWEGIAN SHIPS, prohi-
bited from entering the ports of Russia,
442.

DANZEL, M. description of his hydraulic
machine for making a vessel advance in
a calm, &c. 146.

DAVISON, Lieut. great gallantry of, 258.
DIONYSIUS, the ear of, described by Lord
Sandwich, 228.

DOUGLAS, Sir CHARLES, his account of

the action of the 12th of April, 1782, 425.
DROWNING, Chinese method to prevent,
503.

DUMOURIER, M. certain reflections of his
on the British military character, ex-
ploded, 41.

DUNCAN, Lieut. remarkable anecdote of,

at the storming of Fort Mulgrave at
Toulon, 18.

DUNCAN, Mr. HENRY, his method of
stopping holes in ships' bottoms, 241.
DUTCH FACTORY at Canton, fnteresting
account of, 59.

E.

EAST INDIA COMPANY, report concern-
ing their shipping, &c. 642.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, proceedings at the,
relative to Lord Nelson, the shipping
concerns of the Company, and certain
publications respecting illicit trade, 164,
165.

EDWARDS, Mr. See Compass.
ELLIOTT, Sir GILBERT, appointed Vice.
roy of Corsica, 44.
ELPHINSTONE, the lon. Capt. takes pos-
session of Fort La Malgue at Toulon, 26.
Attacks and drives the French under Car
teaux from their posts at Allivulle, 27.
Faithfully executes the difficult service of
embarking the troops on the evacuation
of Toulon, 35.

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Goose, origin of the custom of eating it
on Michaelmas-Day. 305.
GOWER, Mr. RICHARD HALL, account

of his model for rigging a vessel with five

masts, 422.

GRASSE, Compte de, list of the ships with
which he engaged Sir Samuel Hood on
the 29th of April, 1781, 48.
GRATUITIES to the Relations of Officers,
&c. killed in action, 152.
GRECIANS, historical particulars of their
navy, 176; different ranks therein, 183.
Ceremonies used by them in launching
their ships, 188. Order of sailing ob-
served by their fleets, 169. Order of
battle, Ibid. Their conduct after vic-
tory, 191. Sailing of their fleet to invade
Troy,, described by Homer, 459.
GREECE, rise of the maritimae kingdoms
of, 453:

GRENVILLE, Capt. killed, 553.

H.

HALLOWELL, Capt. shipwrecked on the

coast of Barbary, 43: in the action with
the Spanish fleet on Feb. 14, and in the
battle off the Nile, Ibid.

HARDING, Capt. letter from him respect-

ing his conduct in the Britannia, in 1798,
513.

HARF, Capt. receives the judgment of the
Court of King's Bench for having sent
a challenge to Mr. Kendrick.
HAWKE, Sir EDWARD, his heroic conduct
when about to engage M. de Conflans,
559.

HELDER POINT, some account of (with a
map), 436. See also a description of the
Texel, 308.

HIERO, his celebrated ship described, 182.
HOEFNUNG, the Danish ship, wrecked on
the Goodwin, 158.
HOLLAND, revolutions in the form of its
government, 305.

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letter on the late expedition thi
ther, 348. Other particulars relating
thereto, 349.

HOOD, Capt. SAMUEL, gallantly attacks,
in the Juno, the tower of Moitello, in
Corsica, 38.

-, Lord Viscount, initiated into the
sea service, 2. Promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant; severely wounded, and ap-
pointed to the command of the Jamaica
sloop, 3. Early instance of his great
presence of mind, Ibid. Made Post-
Captain, 4. Destroys a French ship of
50 guns, Ibid. Captures the Bellona, 5.
Employed on various services; appointed
Commissioner of Portsmouth dockyard;
created a Baronet, and advanced Rear-

miral of the Blue, 6. Hoists his flag on
board the Barfleur, and sails with a squa
dron to the West Indies, 7. His able con-
duct in a cruise off Port Royal, in Marti-
nico, lbid. Engages a superior fleet onder
Compte de Grasse, the 29th of April,
1781,9. His bold manoeuvre on the 30th,
II. Principally engaged in the action off
the Chesapeak, Sept. 5, 1781, 13. His
admirable manoeuvres and gallant con-
duct at St. Christopher's, 15-18. The
share his division had in the engagement
on the 9th of April, 1782, 20. 46. (with
a plate), 47. Captures the Comte de
Grasse in the Ville de Paris, 24; the
Jason and Caton, a frigate, and sloop,
22. Created a Baron, and complimented
with the freedom of the city of London
in a gold box, Ibid. Intrusted with the
care of Prince William Henry on board
the Barfleur, Ibid. Elected Member for
Westminster, 23. His sentiments on the
discussion in Parliament of the fourth
charge against Warren Hastings, Esq.
Ibid. Made Port-Admiral at Ports-
mouth, a Vice-Admiral of the Blue,
and one of the Lords of the Admiralty,
Ibid. On the commencement of the pre-
sent war, appointed to command a fleet
destined to the Mediterranean, 24. Come
plicated and unexampled difficulties of
his situation there, 24, 25. Presented
by the Pope with a very elegant set of
the Pia Clementina, 25. Concise detail
of the transactions and occurrences in
which he was concerned at Toulon in
1792, 25. 37- [See also TOULON PA
PERS.] Attacks and reduces the island
of Corsica, 37. 44. Returns to England,
45. Preparing to resume his command
in the Mediterranean, is unexpectedly or-
dered to strike his flag, Ibid. His cha-
racter, Ibid. Elected an elder brother of
the Trinity House; appointed Governor
of Greenwich Hospital; raised to the dig-
nity of a Viscount of Great Britain; ad.
vanced Vice Admiral of the Red, and
successively Admiral of the Blue, and
Admiral of the White, 46. His family
and arms, Ibid. Some further detached
particulars concerning him, 48, 49.
HOTCHKISS, Licut, some account of his
invention of a new mechanical power for
raising weights, &c. 636.
HOTHAM, Vice-Admiral, blocks up seven
sail of French line of battle ships in the
Bay of Gourjean, 44.

Howe, Earl, account of his death, 263.

Lines on that melancholy event, 607.
His funeral procession, 264. Mr. Dun-
das's motion in the House of Commons

for

for the erection of a monument to his
memory in St. Paul's, 456.
HUGHES, Sir EDWARD, some account of
his several actions with M. de Suffrein
in the East Indies, 570, &c. List of his
squadron in that off Trincomale, 579.
M. de Suffrein's squadron in the same
action, $70.

I.

ICE, the determination of its progress to-
wards the equator desirable, 306.
INVASIONS of England by sea, 55.
Java, south coast of, erroneously laid
down in the Dutch charts, 131.
JENKINS, Capt, tried and acquitted by a
Court Martial for the loss of the Am-
buscade, 35.

JOURNALISTS, caution recommended to
them against inaccurate details of unfor
tunate events, 430.

JUNK, a Chinese, described, 134,

K.

KEITH, Lord, proceedings of the fleet
under his command in pursuit of the
combined French and Spanish fleets, 255.
Action brought against his Lordship by
Collett, &c. 637.

KING, Commodore R his perilous situa-
tion and heroism in the first engagement
between Sir Edward Hughes and M. de
Suffrein, 570.

KNIGHT, Sir CHARLES HENRY, account
of his gallant engagement with two Spa-
nish xebecs (with a plate), 517.
KNOWLES, Adm. Sir CHARLES, enters
into the Russian service, 265. The mo-
tives, terms, and attendant circumstances
thereof, 265. 267. 275. His regulations
in the various branches of the marine,
267. Highly complimented in public by
Count de Panin, 269. Evinces his su-
perior talents in naval architecture, 270.
List of the Russian navy in 1778, Ibid.
Important anonymous letter sent him
from England, 271. Striking repartees
of his to the Empress, 273. General
statement of the difference between the
mean expence in the marine of Russia
and that of Great Britain, for the years
~1727 and 1762, 274. Original letters
to and from the Empress and others on
various occasions, 275. Motive deter-
mining him to return to England, 281.
Letter from the Empress previously to
his leaving Russia, Ibid. Not liberally
requited for his services, 282. His burial
place, arms, &c. Ibid. His receipt for
salting meat, 97.

L.

LANGARA, Don, the Spanish Admiral, his
treacherous conduct at Toulon, 30. 35.
[See TOULON PAPERS.]
LEANDER man of war, liberally restored
by the Emperor of Russia, 377.
LIGHT HOUSES, new one at Madras,
letter from Capt. Barber concerning it,
260. Described by Governnient, 442.
on the island of Anholt,
notice to mariners refpecting it, 636.
LIND, Dr. his condemnation of the dan-
gerous practice of seamen's sleeping a-
shore from their ships on the coast of
Africa, 203.

LINE OF BATTLE, Lord Hood's, in his
engagement on the 29th of April, 1781,
with the Comte de Grasse, 49; on the
25th of Jan. 1782, going into Basse-
terre, Ibid. As lying at anchor off
Basseterre on the 26th, 50.

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ships forming that of
Comte de Grasse in his engagement with
Sir Samuel Hood on the 29th of April,
1781, 48.

LINZEE, Commodore, sent by Lord Hood
with a squadron against Corsica, 31.
LISBON HARBOUR, account of (with a
plate), 205.
See Colnett,
Sandwich, Stavorinus, Tooke, Vocabu-
lary.

LITERATURE, NAVAL.

LIVERPOOL PAPERS, afford relations of
many brave actions performed by men
never before at sea, 51.
LONGITUDE, description of the instrument
preferred to sextants by Mr. Langle, in
determining it by the distance between
the sun and moon, 306.

Louis, Capt. complimented with the free-
dom of the city of Exeter, for his gal
lantry at the battle of the Nile, 158.
LUMLEY, the Hon. Capt. killed in the
fourth action between Sir Edw. Hughes
and M. de Suffrein in the East Indies,
577.

LUTINE frigate, unfortunate loss of, 441,
Two of her crew picked up, 538.

M.

MACLELLAN, Capt. killed, 579.
MAHON HARBOUR, account of (with a
plate, 125, and 326.
MARINE, singular bravery of a, 258.
MATTHEWS, Lieut. his account of the en-

gagement on the 9th of April, 1782, be-
tween the English and French fleets, 47,
MEDALS, description of two, commemo-
rating the victory of the Nile, presented
to the city of London by Alex. Davidson,
Esq. 158.
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