and, although something prevented the second carcass from going off, which evidently had been striking against the piles, from the indention at one end, yet he recovered and brought it also on board. I am most perfectly satisfied with the zeal and activity which captain Brownrigg manifested on this oc casion; the Dart was admirably placed, and every assistance afforded from her that could ensure the success of this service, which must now be considered as confined to the efforts of the Susannah: and I take this opportunity of most particularly recommending lieutenant Steuart to your lordship's notice; which, I hope, will also be extended to Mr. Bartholomew, notwithstanding he could not fetch the battery; and your lordship must be alive to the enterprizing conduct of these two officers on former occasions. I cannot conclude my report without assuring your lordship, that lieutenant Lake of the Locust gun-brig, who was appointed to cover the boats, behaved in a most exemplary manner, by keeping so close in as to draw all the fire upon his own vessel; and I have great satisfaction in stating, that not an officer or man was hurt in this operation. Sir, cing her bowsprit between the piles, left her in that situation. In a few minutes I observed her swing with her broadside to the battery, in consequence of the bowsprit being carried away; and as an anchor was dropped the instant she struck the piles, I had not the smallest doubt of her remaining there until the explosion took place, which was in a few minutes. I could not fetch the covering brig; and as it had every appearance of coming on to blow from the south-east, in which quarter it was when I left the Dart, I hope you will excuse my running in the galley to the Downs. H. STEUART. Fox Cutter, off Calais, Sir, Dec. 9. According to your order, I proceeded off Fort Rouge, and examined it very strictly. As I proceeded towards the shore, I saw a great quantity of plank and timber floating, and would have picked up some but was afraid I should lose the tide, as I wished to examine it at low water. In standing-in, I could discern a great number of people standing all round the southwest end of the fort, and from the west head all the way to the Sandhills. I hid not discover any alte H. POPHAM. ration on the east side of the fort; but when I got to the westward of the fort, I could plainly discover the most part of it to be damaged, and the breast-work knocked down; and I have every reason to believe it was very much injured, by such a number of people being assembled there, and seeming at work upon it. Dart, Dec. 10. In pursuance of your instructions, and according to the arrange ment you made for the attempt on Fort Rouge only, I left this ship at two a. m. and proceeded in-shore with the explosion vessel in my charge, until the water shoaled to two and a half fathoms, when I tacked, and stood off, so as to enable me to fetch the battery, which I did about half-past two, and, pla Sir Home Popham. W. BLAKE. Admiralty-office, Dec. 18. Inclosure from lord Keith to Wm. Marsden, esq. Favourite, Sir, Favourite, at Sea, Dec. 13. I have the satisfaction to inform you, that I yesterday fell in with two French lugger privateers; and, after a chase of three hours, I captured La Raccrocheuse, captain Jacques Broquant, out one day from St. Vallery en Caux, mounting 14 guns, four-pounders, and carrying 56 men. The above luggers had in their possession a brig, and were boarding a bark, both which they quitted on my approaching them; I, therefore, made a sig nal to a cutter in sight, which I be. lieve to be the Countess of Elgin, to chase the merchant vessels, and, from the exertions I observed her to make, I have no doubt but she has succeeded. The luggers steering different courses, the headmost one escaped; her name is L'Adolphe, mounting the same number of guns as the capture, belongs to the same port, where she must have returned, having thrown every thing overboard in the chase. CHARLES FOOTE. The LONDON GENERAL BILL of CHRISTENINGS and BURIALS, from December 13, 1803, to December 11, 1804. Males 11,390 Christened Females 10,153 21,543. Buried {Females 849517,038 Decreased in Burials this year 2544. The lady of the hon. and rev. Mr. Cathcart, a daughter. 17. Mrs. Henshaw, of Lutterworth, three sons and a daughter. 20. Lady Mulgrave, a daugh ter. June 8. Countess of Bristol, a daughter. -. The empress of Germany, an archduchess. 15. The lady of sir John Kennaway, bart. a son. 16. The lady of the hon. general Forbes, a son. - The lady of the hon. Thomas Kenyon, a son. 21. Hon. Mrs. Stephenson, a daughter. 25. Lady Frances Moreton, a ter. 25. Lady Pelham, a son. Sep. 1. Lady Oxendon, a daugh 2. Lady Eden, a son. Lady Bridges, a son. 4. Lady of sir John Sinclair, bart. a son. 5. Lady of sir R. Barclay, bart. a son. 11. Lady of sir George Glynn, bart. a son. 16. Lady of sir W. Paxton, bart. a son. Lady of sir Digby Macworth, bart. a son. 19. Lady of sir H. Hoskyns, bart. an heir. 21. Lady of admiral sir Hyde Parker, a son. 26. Hon. Mrs. E. J. Turnour, a son. 27. Duchess of Manchester, a daughter. 28. Lady Southampton, an heir. Oct. 2. Lady Margaret Walpole, a daughter. 3. Lady of sir Thomas Pilkington, a daughter. 5. Countess of Albemarle, a Jan. 5. Sir William Pulteney, bart. to Mrs. Stuart. 11. The prince of Saxe Weimar, to the sister of the emperor of Russia. 12. Prince William of Prussia, to the princess of Hesse Homburg. 19. John Le Mesurier, esq. governor of Alderney, to miss Perchard. 26. Nath. Micklethwaite, esq. to lady Maria Waldegrave. 31. Sir Oswald Mosley, bart. to miss Sophia Anne Every. - Matthew Gosset, esq. viscount of the island of Jersey, to miss Cotton. Feb. 13. Sir Edward Harrington, to miss Wade. 20. Hon. capt. Gardner, son of lord Gardner, to miss Eliza Fyers. March 11. John Leslie, esq. to the sister of viscountess Boyle. 25. Thomas Turner, esq. to the daughter of sir John Blake, bart. 26. John Wheatley, esq. to the daughter of sir John Riggs Miller, bart. April 3. Capt. Martin, R. N. to miss Harriet Bentinck. 12. Capt. Godfrey, to miss A. M. Thurlow, daughter of the late bishop of Durham. 20. Hon. col. Steuart, to miss Douglas. 24. Capt. Fielding, R. N. to lady Elizabeth Talbot. May 12. Capt. Wilcken, to the baroness Dorette de Bar. 16. Hon. col. de Grey, to miss Methuen. 23. Lord Villiers, to lady Sarah Fane. 26. Lord King, to lady Hester Fortescue. June 1. William Tennant, esq. to the hon. Charlotte Pelham. 4. Hon. W. G. Monckton, to miss Handfield. 5. Sir John Duntze, bart. to miss Dorothea Carew. 20. Lord Boringdon, to lady Augusta Fane. Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt, to princess Wilhelmina of Baden. July 3. Major Mitchell, to lady Harriet Somerset. 5. Earl of Roden, to miss J. A. Orde. 9. Lord Hinchinbrooke, to lady Louisa Corry. 12. Earl Moira, to the countess of London. 17. James Lake, esq. (eldest son of sir J. W. Lake, bart.), to miss Maria Turner.. 19. Rev. William Beresford, to lady Anna Bennett. Aug. 2. Admiral Purvis, to Mrs. Dickson. 4. Baron Schmeimen, to miss Sophia Elton. 8. Hon. col. Stewart, to lady Catharine Bligh. 11. Sir John Hawkins, bart. to miss Surtees. 20. William Leveson Gower, esq. to the daughter of the late sir J. Gresham, bart. 21. Sir Ridley. Hon. Mr. Scott, to miss 23. Hon. Charles H. Pierrepont, to miss Eyre. Sept. 5. Hon. Edward Broome, to miss Downman. 6. Hylton Jolliffe, esq. M. P. to a daughter of earl Ferrers. 29. Sir Edward Smith, bart, to miss Susan Dawkins. - Earl of Clonmell, to lady C. Greville. Oct. 1. Captain Schomberg, R. N. to a daughter of admiral Smith. 3. Hon. general Lumley, to miss Mary Sunderland. 4. Lieut. colonel Mackinnon, to a daughter of the late sir J. Call, bart. 15. Edward Jerningham, esq. (son of sir William Jerningham, bart.) to miss Middleton. Nov. Capt. sir Edw. Hamilton, R. N. to miss Macnamara. 2. Hon. Charles B. Agar, to miss Hunt. 6. Hon. Herbert Gardner, to miss Cornwall. 20. The Russian general Sa. blonkoff, to miss Angerstein. Count St. Martin de Front, to lady Fleetwood. 22. Lord Montague, to the hon. miss Douglas. 24. Hon. Berkeley Paget, to miss Grimstone. 29. Courteney, esq. (son of the bishop of Exeter) to lady Henrietta Leslie. Dec. 5. Major Ferguson, to the hon. Henrietta Duncan. 6. Roger Kynaston, esq. to a daughter of sir Charles Oakley, bart. 18. James Cornwallis, esq. M. P. cet, K. B. (H2) 28. Hon. |