whole crew of the enemy's vessel, one hundred and twenty in number, landed and escaped; the vessel was got off; she was called the Brutus. Captain Warre then went in search of the ship, which after a chase of one day he had the good fortune to capture; she engaged the Mermaid for half an hour, and having twenty of her men killed and wounded, struck; her name was the Republican, mounting eighteen guns, and having two hundred and fifty men, many of whom were soldiers, who with a general officer were intended to support the rebellion in Grenada.

After the successful attack upon St. Lucia, Rearadmiral Christian detached Captain Woolley with a small squadron to assist General Abercrombie in the arduous task of subduing the rebels and Caribs of St. Vincent and Grenada. The internal tranquillity of these islands was soon restored; the frigates on the station were active and successful, and many captures were made of the enemy's cruisers. The author of the continuation of Edwards's West Indies says, that the Caribs, men, women, and children, to the number of nearly five thousand, were removed from the island, and sent to the island of Rattan, in the bay of Honduras. The only part of this we are inclined to doubt is, the number, which we cannot believe ever amounted to what is here stated.

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The following short account of the Caribs, or Charaibs, the Author obtained while serving in the Vol. 4, page 47.

West Indies in 1808, from a gentleman at St. Vin

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They were not finally subdued till 1797, after having for two years kept the settlers in a state of constant alarm and incessant warfare; but at length their villages being all burnt, and their plantations laid waste, they capitulated, and rations were allowed them to subsist on by the British government, until it was found advisable to transport them as before stated. The black Caribs were the only people who disputed the possession of the island with the English; the yellow Caribs, so called from the colour of their skin, are a distinct and peculiar people; being few and harmless, and having escaped the general proscription, they yet reside in the island, and still boast among them of two races of their kings.

In June, Rear-admiral Harvey arrived in the Prince of Wales, and relieved Sir Hugh Christian, who soon after, with Rear-admiral Pole, returned to England in the Beaulieu frigate.

That monster of cruelty, the offspring of the French revolution, the infamous Victor Hugues, unable to conquer, was resolved to destroy; he therefore sent an expedition against the little defenceless colony of Anguilla. The force consisted of two vessels, the Decius of twenty-eight guns, and the brig Le Vaillant of four guns, of heavy caliber; they were manned with about one hundred and seventy seamen, and had on board three hundred soldiers.

Captain Barton, of the Lapwing of twenty-eight guns, received the news of this invasion as he lay at St. Kitts, and with courage and alacrity flew to the relief of his countrymen: quitting other service upon which he was ordered, he took on himself the responsibility of disobedience, and soon appeared off Anguilla, where he found that the enemy were on shore, and had begun to riot in all the enjoyment of plunder, conflagration, and massacre. On the appearance of the British ship they thought only of escape, but that was denied them : Captain Barton brought both vessels to close action: the large one, after severe chastisement, struck, and out of three hundred people on board, she appears to have had one hundred and twenty killed and wounded. The greater part of these were killed, Schomberg says eighty, but we should suspect the number was overrated, though not too many for the heinous crimes which they had perpetrated.

The brig La Vaillant ran on shore upon St. Martin's, where she was destroyed by the fire of the Lapwing, whose loss upon this well-executed service amounted to one man killed and seven wounded.

On his arrival at St. Kitt's the inhabitants received him with the most flattering marks of approbation and respect; and the Commander-inchief on the station soon after removed him into the Concorde of thirty-six guns, a ship far better adapted for his ardent and enterprising spirit.

CHAP. X.

Affair of Nelson and Cockburn in Larma-bay-Remarkable coolness of Nelson when his ship was in danger-Nelson in the Minerve engages two Spanish frigates-Narrowly escapes from their fleet-Takes a French privateer-Arrives at Elba -Prepares for evacuation-Leaves it-Returns to Gibraltar -Joins Sir John Jervis-Anecdotes-Captain Martin in the Irresistible, Captain Hollowell in the Lively, with the Minerve, take the Mutine-Sir John Jervis replies to thanks of parliament and Lord-mayor-Promotion of flags-Nelson made a Rear-admiral and K. B.-Sir John Jervis to divert the minds of his men bombards Cadiz-Nelson and Spanish gun-boats-Nelson sent to Teneriffe-Description of that place He attacks it, and is beat off-Particulars-He is wounded-Bowen killed - Nelson returns home - Official letters-The squadron proceeds to Cadiz-Lord St. Vincent lays his fleet at anchor before Cadiz-Mutiny in some of his ships, which by vigorous measures he quells-Order to Sir William Parker-Continues his attacks on Cadiz-Efficient state of his fleet-Rebuke to the captain of a frigate-Remonstrance to board of ordnance-Dey of Algiers troublesome-Secret order to Captain Thomson-Correspondence -Remarks-Miscellaneous-His opinion to the Marquis de Niza on a question of service.

HAVING mentioned in a former chapter an action between the Minerve and a Spanish frigate, before we relate the particulars we must recur to a little incident which happened a short time before, and which may account for the intimacy which, to the day of his death, subsisted between Nelson and Cockburn. These officers it will be recollected were stationed off the coast of Genoa,

for the purpose of blockading that and the neighbouring towns: on one occasion a French convoy, loaded with stores for the siege of Mantua, had taken refuge under some batteries in Larma-bay; Nelson ordered Cockburn, in the Maleager, to lead in, as being best acquainted, and drawing the least water: Cockburn ran in as close to the batteries as the depth of water would permit, and commenced action with the armed vessels and forts: Nelson, never happy if any one was nearer to the enemy than himself, wished to get between the Maleager and the shore; for this purpose he luffed in, but Cockburn had left no room for him, and the Agamemnon grounded under the stern of the Maleager. The enterprise still went on exactly the same, and every thing succeeded; the forts were silenced, all the vessels brought out, and the Agamemnon got off without damage. Cockburn, while the ship was aground, went on board to offer his services; he found the Commodore in his cabin writing letters,—a singular trait in the character of that great man; few officers would have had either the nerve or the inclination to be so employed while their ship lay aground under an enemy's battery, and whence it was not quite certain that she could be got off.

Nelson, among his other good qualities, always bestowed praise where it was due, and on this occasion spoke of Cockburn in terms at once flattering and grateful. This affair took place on the 1st of June, 1796, and in July following Sir John Jervis