of Good Hope by the Narcissus, 32, R. Donnelly.-28. Le General Blanchard, (French,) 16 guns, 130 men, taken by the Favourite, sloop, 18, J. Davie, Coast of Africa. During this year Buonaparte had vigorously pursued his plans for the invasion of Great Britain, having 160,000 men encamped on the French coast, while bis flotilla was assembled at Boulogne. The whole was, however, broken up on the commencement of the war with Russia and Austria. OBITUARY, 1805. October 23. Rear-Admiral R. Palliser Cooper, on the Superannuated List. November 23. At his scat at Sidmonton, Hants, Admiral Sir Richard Kingsmill, Bart. aged 74. COMMANDING OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE. Vice Admiral Right Hon. Lord Viscount Nelson, Victory, 100, killed. Post-Captain William Henry Jervis, Tonnant, 80, drowned.t Post-Captain George Duff, Mars, 74, killed. Post-Captain John Cook, Bellerophon, 74, killed. Commander William Temple, Geolan sloop, 16, drowned. Commander Henry Burke, Seagull brig, 18, drowned. Commander James Toppet, Hawke sloop, 18, drowned. Commander William Woolsey, Papellon sloop, 18, drowned. Lieutenant J. Eddes Baker, Winchelsea, 32, drowned 12th April, in endeavouring to join his ship from New Southend, Essex, the jolly boat upsetting. Lieutenant James Marshall, Watchful gun-brig, 14, drowned. Lieutenant William Scott, Althorpe, (hired cutter) 16, drowned. * State of the French Flotilla at the different Ports of France on the 20th July 1805, with the number of men and horses it was destined to carry. Twelve regiments of cavalry and twenty-three of infantry were ordered to be stationed on the coasts of France, and none are included in the above statement, and also the different vessels bought, built, and the great number of fishing-boats ordered to be ready to embark troops, &c. to Dieppe, Havre-de-Grace, Rochelle, Rochfort, St. Malo, all not included in the preceding account; according to the French information received by the French Government, the military force of Great Britain was ascertained to be, viz. 351,000 volunteers, 99,000 regular troops, 87,000 militia, 75,000 Irish volunteers, and 28,000 sea fencibles. + By the upsetting of his barge as he was proceeding to Sir Charles Cotton (who commanded before Brest in the absence of Admiral Cornwallis) with intelligence respecting the enemy's squadron. He was nephew and heir to Earl St. Vincent. He was killed by a cannon-ball off the coast of Boulogne, at the moment he was ordering his men to cheer. The shot entered his right side, just above the hip-bone, carrying away his bowels and some of the lower ribs. He was a brave and meritorious officer, had been 23 years a Lieutenant, and engaged in numerous actions. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. March 25th. At Noyadd Trefawr, in the county of Cardigan, the Lady of Capt. Charles Hope, of II. M. S. Tyne, of a daughter. In Wexford, Lieut. Henry Lyster, R. N. to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Gen. Hatton. April 14th. At Richmond, Capt. Henry Jelf, 36th Regiment, third son of Sir James Jelf, to Miss Clarissa Amelia Sharp, of Kincarrochy, March 27th. The Lady of Lieut. W. H. Lloyd, Perthshire, daughter of the late Major Sharp, of R. N. of a daughter. March 29th. The Lady of Capt. Serjeantson, 50th Regiment, of a daughter. At Stoke, the Lady of Charles Brown, Esq. Master of H. M. S. Caledonia, of a son. The Lady of the Hon. Capt. Maude, C.B., R.N. of a daughter. April 2nd. At Knowhead Cottage, Airshire, the Lady of Lieut. W. Rowley Wynyard, R. N. of a son. April 10th. At Edinburgh, the Lady of RearAdmiral Campbell, of a son. April 10th. At Brighton, the Lady of Capt. Townshend, late of H. M. S. Columbine, of Ball's Park, Hertfordshire, of a son and heir. April 12th. The Lady of Capt, Whylock, R. M. of a daughter. April 13th. The Lady of Lieut. Ellis, of a daughter. April 19th. At Eastbourn, the Lady of D. B. Conway, Esq. Surgeon, R.N. of a son. April 19th. At Plymouth, the Lady of Lieut. Edward Tyndall, R.N. of a daughter. April 22nd. The Lady of Capt. Parke, late Paymaster, R. M. of a son. April 22nd. At Elm Grove, Southsea, the Lady of Lieut. and Quartermaster Hewett, R. M. of a daughter. MARRIED. March 26th. At Up Marden, Arthur Vansittart, Esq. of the 2nd Life Guards, son of Lord Bexley, to Diana Sarah, third daughter of Gen. Crosbie, of Watergate Park. At Bath, Lieut. John Tylden, of the Royal Artillery, to Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Colonel F. Williams, of the Royal Marines. April 2nd. At Manchester, Capt. W. D. Davies, of the Queen's Bays, to Susan Jane Forbes, only daughter of the late John Abernethie, Esq. Capt. Fox Maule, late of the 79th Cameron Highlanders, eldest son of the Hon. William Ramsey Maule, M.P. and nephew to the Earl of Dalhousie, to the Hon. Miss Abercromby, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Abercromby, and niece to Viscount Melville. April 5th. At Blatherwycke Park, Northamptonshire, by the Rev. J. Irvine Irvine, Com. John King, R. N. to Margaret, daughter of the late Joseph Harrisson, Esq. of Tidd Mansion, Cambridge, and sister to Everson Harrisson, Esq. of Tolethorpe Hall, Rutlandshire. April 6th. At Plymouth, H. Caswell, Esq. Surgeon, of H. M. S. Druid, to Miss Susan Truman. April 9th. At St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Lieut. R. P. Lloyd, Queen's Royal Regiment, son of Capt. William Lloyd, R.N. to Dorothea Maria, second daughter of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Oakes, Bart. Mitcham Hall, Surrey. At Youghal, Capt. T. O. Partridge, 77th Regiment, to Mary Ann, youngest daughter of the late J. Bateman, Esq. of that town. Lieut. Kelsall, 83rd Regiment, to Arabella, only daughter of Joseph Lipsett, Esq. of Ballyshanon. that place. April 16th. At Stonehouse Chapel, Lieut. R. W. Tracey, R.N. to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of W. Dowand, Esq. of Cork. April 18th. At Athlone, Capt. Thomas Walsh, of the 5th Regiment, to Anne, eldest daughter of William Spread, Esq. of that town. Jan. 17th, 1831. Moorhead, h. p. 69th Foot. McKay, h. p. 3rd West India Regiment. Feb. 7th. Huggup, h. p. 7th Foot. Feb. 9th. At Bourdeaux, Walker, h. p. 7th Foot. March 2nd. Raymond, h. p. 57th Foot. March 6th. At Leeds, Moss, (Adjutant of Leeds Recruiting District.) March 7th. Butler, 39th Foot, on passage from New South Wales. Champion, h. p. 12th West India Regiment. August 1830. At Jersey, Cornet Griffiths, h. p. Waggon Train. July Sth. Armstrong, h. p. 21st Foot. March 20th. At Bilding, near Killała, Ireland, Lieut. Henry Fitzmaurice, R.N. of the Preventive Service. At Southsea, Lieut. Nelson Collingwood Simmonds, R.N. At Cork, Mr. Gun, Purser R.N. March 31st. Lost in a Steam-Packet off Swansea, Major-General M'Leod, C.B. Appointed Ensign in the 78th Foot in 1793, and Lieutenant in 1794. He served at the Cape of Good Hope in 1795, and was present in the three actions, and at many skirmishes: he was also present at the capture of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay. He was appointed to a company in the 95th Foot, and subsequently returned to England; the regiment being drafted, and the officers placed on half-pay, and from thence appointed in 1799 to the 4th Foot. He served on the staff in England and Ireland; afterwards in the Helder expedition; and was in the actions of the 2nd and 6th of October in Holland. In 1802, he obtained a majority in the 4th Foot, and was placed on half-pay at the peace. In 1803, he was restored to full-pay, and employed on the staff in England till June 1804, when he was appointed to the 95th Foot. He next served in the expedition to South America, and was engaged in the attack upon Buenos Ayres. He afterwards served in Spain and Portugal, and was present at the battle of Corunna. In 1809, he received the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel; in 1810, was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royals; in 1819, Colonel in the army; and in 1830, Major-General. April 1st. At Plymouth, Com. Thomas Bond, R.N. (retired.) April 3rd. Capt. Mudie, R.N. in the 76th year of his age. April 4th. At his apartments in the Ayslum at Greenwich Hospital, Capt. Donald M'Leod, R.N. C.B., aged 54 years. This officer entered the Navy at an early age, and after having served the usual period, passed his examination for Lieutenant, to which rank he was promoted Jan. 2nd, 1794. He subsequently served in the Namur and several other ships; and on the 29th April, 1802, was promoted to the rank of Commander. At the renewal of hostilities in 1803, he was in May of that year, appointed to command the Sulphur Bomb-vessel, in which he assisted at the attack on the gun-vessels and other craft and batteries on the pier of Granville, by Sir James Saumarez, in the Cerberus, Capt. Selby, on the 13th Sept. 1815. In the Catamaran expedition, (as it was termed,) against the Boulogne flotilla, he was the senior commander, and although the attempt was not attended with any favourable results, yet it afforded Capt. M'Leod an opportunity of displaying much ability. Capt. M'Leod was next appointed to command the Cygnet; and on the 22nd Jan. 1806, he was promoted to the rank of Captain. During the expedition against Copenhagen, in 1807, he commanded the Superb, (74,) bearing the pendant of Commodore (now Sir Richard) Keats; and he afterwards served, on the promotion of that gallant officer to the rank of Rear-Admiral, as his Flag-Captain, and also to Rear Admiral William A. Otway, and to Vice-Admiral John Holloway, when the latter commanded at Newfoundland. In 1810, Capt. M'Leod superintended the impress service at Liverpool, where he remained until the termination of hostilities. On the escape of Buonaparte from Elba, Rear-Admi ral W. H. Scott hoisted his flag as Commanderin-Chief in the Downs, and Capt. M'Leod became his Flag-captain; and in Dec. 1815, after the extension of the Order of the Bath, Capt. M'Leod, was nominated one of the Companions. After Admiral Scott struck his flag, Capt. M'Leod was not employed until 1819, when he was appointed to superintend the ships in ordinary at Chatham, where he remained until 1822; and on the 19th April, 1824, was appointed one of the Captains of Greenwich Hospital, when on the promotion last year of Capt. M'Kinley to the rank of Rear-Admiral, he succeeded that officer as superintendant of the boys in the lower school of that establishment. Capt. M'Leod has left a widow and family to lament his loss. At his residence near Clifton, Capt. Walton, R.N. April 6th. Mr. James B. Sandercomb, late Pursér, of H. M. S. Chanticleer. April 6th. At Whitehill, near Glasgow, in consequence of the wounds which he received at the battle of Argaum, in the East Indies, in 1803, James Donald, Esq. formerly Captain and Paymaster of His Majesty's 94th Régiment. April 7th. General the Earl of Mulgrave, G.C.B. His Lordship's military career commenced during the American War: he arrived at the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1780; and in 1809, became a full General. He served in America from early in 1776 to the end of 1778; in the West Indies in 1790; and in 1793, commanded at Toulon. In the following year he served in Zealand; and in 1799, he was employed on a military mission to the Archduke Charles and Marshal Suwarroff. He was a principal member of the Pitt, Perceval, and Liverpool Administrations, filling in succession the offices of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Master-General of the Ordnance, the last he resigned in 1818, when he was succeeded by the Duke of Wellington. His Lordship had been for some years in a declining state of health, and at length closed a meritorious life in bis 77th year, at his seat, Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire. Lord Mulgrave, at the time of his death, was Colonel of the 31st Foot, and Governor of Scarborough Castle. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son Viscount Normanby. April 11th. Colonel Robert Murray Macgregor, late of the East India Company's Service. April 14th. At Haslar Hospital, Lieut. C. Robertson, R. M. April 16th. At his house in Wigmore-street, Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Payne Gallwey, Bart. Colonel of the 3rd Dragoon Guards.-Obituary next month. April 22nd. Capt. Thomas C. Watson, late of the 3rd King's Own Light Dragoons, aged 59. April 22nd. At his residence, in Godalming, Lieut.-Colonel Fielder King, in his 78th year. April 23rd. At Portsmouth, Lieut. John Derby,' (1795) Warden of that Dock-yard. April 26th. In Harley street, Lieut.-GeneralLord Walsingham, Lient.-Colonel of the 1st Dragoons. (An Obituary in our next.) METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, KEPT AT THE OBSERVATORY OF CAPT. W. H. SMYTH, AT BEDFORD. THE unusual length of some of our articles, and the quantity of technical matter, of immediate interest, pressing for insertion, obliges us to postpone many narrativesalso our Reviews of Colonel Napier's Third Volume-Capt. Hall's Fragments of Voyages, &c.; together with our Literary Notices. "Suum Cuique.”—The remainder of the Paper will enable us to form a judgment. We have seen, however, sufficient to induce us to encourage future contributions from the same pen. There can be no objection to the other arrangements proposed. We regret that the article communicated by "G. C." does not suit us. It will be returned if required. The subject alluded to by "An Old Officer" had by no means escaped our attention. On the contrary, our sense of its importance had alone induced us to delay bestowing such notice upon it as the subject appeared to us to merit, and which, when duly considered, it shall receive. Will “H. B. R." acquaint us through what channel we may address him, with a view to a compliance with his request? "W. R. F." has reached us too late for our present Number. The irregularity of which he complains is of antient standing. NAVAL BATTLES. "Palmam qui meruit ferat." We have just scrutinized a sound little volume of inquiry into the conduct of Byron, Graves, Hood, and Rodney,-those gallant chieftains of the good old school, which Nelson justly boasted to have been nursed in. Capt. White writes with a manly firmness, yet so free from egotism, that we scarcely perceive him to have been an eyewitness of what he describes: and although we are not absolutely taken in tow by him, yet we cordially approve of the clear and tactical course of reasoning by which he has divested some generally received opinions, on certain naval movements, of the intricacies and contradictions which have hitherto enveloped them. The first duty which devolved upon the author, was a serious one, no less than to refute the statements of Ekins, Clerk, and others, who have fought the battles of those brave leaders upon conceptions of their own: and in this he has completely succeeded. Nay more, he has exposed, by positive proof, that garbled documents have been imposed on the public; and it must make the gallant Admiral ride rather uneasy at his moorings, on discovering how implicitly he has steered by a false light, and thereby been the involuntary means of scattering unmerited obloquy on officers, whose memory should be embalmed in their country's pride and gratitude. Nor is this the only objection we have to his desultory quarto on "Naval Battles." A work which is likely to be studied as a pilot by those naval youths who are preparing for the momentous duties which await them, should bear fewer marks of negligence in detail, and obscurity in deduction, than unfortunately it now possesses. As an instance, we would demand who could, upon that evidence alone, estimate the disparity between the glorious battle of the Nile, and the destruction of the Turks at Navarino? But we trust the able and gallant author may yet give the Service a revised edition. We consider the "Naval Researches" as a remarkably useful publication, because, there being always many more readers than reasoners, prejudices may, unless such pertinent criticisms are hove in, easily become so rooted as to baffle the ardour of inquiry. Now we have always deemed the extravagant claims set forth by the crafty scribes of the north, to their technical Magnus Apollo having caused the maritime greatness of these realms, to be a conspiracy against naval talent; or, as Mr. Burchell would have elegantly expressed it-" downright fudge." With equal assumption might the hint in our last number be grappled at, and some future "Heathen" declare to the world the obligations which Wellington, Picton, and Anglesea, owe to the military genius of Hogg, North, and Sir Walter Scott! The work which forms the basis of their adulation has acknowledged merits; but they usually overlook that it assumes an enemy incapable of exertion, and discards the agency of circumstance and seamanship: for such a system the manageable ships which Mr. Clerk was wont to carry in his pocket, and absolute control over the evolutions of both fleets, are requisite: * "Naval Researches; or a candid inquiry into the conduct of Admirals Byron, Graves, Hood, and Rodney." By Capt. T. White, R. N. 1830. U. S. JOURN. No. 31. JUNE 1831. L |