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London, England, 1808-12-21 00:00:00

FROM LIST laClir'S c4ZETTE.

Dransiepetre,r, Dew. " I SAC

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His Majesty WM &Nett, by a Coomo;r:ioo bran/4 dale
the gull of Erloisory loot, to stipule* Liestt -Geolowl!'a
/obis Ste 64, B. to be Cooorustokr of Ike Miiesty's Forces
the Aitdite_i rowan (tae Gareiouo of Gtlxoltar excepted).

Adntirolirgfee. ^oarr 17, ltlit.
C•py of a I.etter f Rear.Aduiii al Sir Coward Paltrir. Bt.
Commander in ( Isier of lily it%'s Stsips and Vraar'.l
in the East lorlirti to the faun. Wm. trrlhuiey Put;
dated tot hoard Ills Majesty's ship Culloden, iu
Harbour the -elk of April, Isar.
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Ste-1 requi.4 you will soloed to the Right Han the
f'ominissioners of the Admiralty, the Weimar' letter
trout Lieutenant William Dawson, acting in the command
of His Majesty's i.bip St. Vioremo, stating the particulars of
the rapture of La Piedmoutaise revolt frigate, mounting 50
gins., on the nth ult. in the Goiph of Mannar.
he making this commostientiou to their Leninhipa, I ass
delirious of expressing those trrisgled sentiments of admira-
tion and rumen' ',hid' I experienced in the lois of Captain
George Nicholas Islartlinge, who fill is the runniest of •ie-
tory, after having exerted, during three successive days, the
must renicrimble sell, ;Ministry nod judgment in the conduct
of this very brilliant action. His Mail .t v's service ha. In en
thus deprived ef a most excellent ana distiognished int:err I
of 'Shout the highest expectations have been jest ly formed,
limn a knowledge of his tunny, great, soil excellent qualities.
The merit of Lieutenant William Dawson, upon RIMAII
the cumulated devolved atter the death of Captain Hardinge,
is already well lancien to the Hoard by his gallant hehariuni
on a former occasion, when he was severely %wooded ■t the
capture of the Psyche frigate by the St. Fiorvnzo, is %%Inch
nearly the whole of her present Other's and crew bad the
honour to share. . • . .

Tl! manner in which he continued the action, whir+ he.
be.o w nearly concluded by his lamested Captain, snit
finally conducted A to a successful issue, will dusibll. as se-
cure to him the high appstbation and recompense ul their
Lordships.
The undaunted bravery, the animated and persevering
exertions of every (Meer, deawtaw, ‘.,11t1 marine us beard the
St. Fiorenso, ha►e bees tint) worthy of theheiirred council
hi whose cause they have been su nobly engaged 3—the
public gratitude will be commensurate with their eutineut
merrier'. _

I lease that the St noreuzu had arrived with her prize
iu safsty nt (Advent..., from whence she may dustily be ex-
pecttd at this port. 1 have the homier to be, Sic.
EI.WAND FELLEIY.
His Tajesty's ship, Si. novena°, at sea,
March 9, I alba.
tn—l t w with great regret 1 have to inform you of the
of Copula Hardinge, late of His Majesty's ship St.
l'imr tiro, who fell gloriously in the early part of an 'rime,
101 l the sits w.tsai, between His alejesty's ship St. Florets's°,
and the French National MIMIC LA Piedniontame.
l'ite St. nurenzo sailed from Point de Galli-, on Friday.
the 4th instead, at half peat eleven, a. m. On the tub, at
seven • sa. Famed three I mliamen, cud, shortly after, saw a
trigate bowleg N.E. We immediately hauled our wind in
chase, and made all mil, being at that thou iu lat. 7.3 e. long.
77. !Al. We made the private sigiv.l, which was Sot All.
swerve! ; and at fire, ',hewed user colours, which the ci.e.t.y
took no suttee of. At 4* minutes peat it, p.m. we ranged
alongside ofhim on the larboard met, and received his broad-
aide. After engaging till 50 minutes past 11,p.m. within a es-
ble's length, the enemy made sail a-lwad, oat of the range of
air shot ; we ceased tiring, and made nil ...defter him roe-
th.eing to emote up with hies till day-light, wlwu finding be
could eat avoid an action, he wore, as slid we also. As
twenty-rve itamites past six recommenced the action, at
the el;staace hags mile, insdnally &Mug with hint le a
quarter of a wile. The tire was constant, and well-directed
on biol. sides, though that of the enemy slackened towards
the 'after part of the action.
At a quarter plat eight p.m. the Play Asa& all sail
"".o7 waie-topeil-yard being abut through, the main-
tuyol-mast, slid both ocaintemast•stays, the atainitpriam
stay, and must of the standing sad tanning rigging, nod all
our sails shut to pieces, and wet of our cartridges fired
sway, , no our gam were directed of kis halite alai Sot math
thaatil..l abort his tiering), we taloa Irby, sad •wltiMed
all heads in repairing the damages t sad Sitio( the
ship spin for action. From the gran injury our masts,
yards, ^ad sails had received, 1 am sorry to observe, that it
was not us nor power to chase to reska the action immedi-
ately; we, however, aotormied in keeping sight of hies
during the sight ; and at wine iass. on the sib, the ship being
perfectly prepared for motion, we bore slows upon the Peaty
under all sail . he did not codeavuur to avoid us till we
basket ai km art his stars, fur the purpose of gelding his
weather gage, and brewing Inns to clone fight, when lee
hauled up also, and made all sell ; but perceiving that we
came fast up with hies, a.id that an action was inevitable, he
tat ken, and at three we passed each other on opposite
tacks, and recumnietwill is Ltiu a quarter of a cable's
length. With grief I have to olio pie, tli.d our brave Cap-
tain was killed soy • grape-shot the seeded broadside.—
When the eacay was abaft our hems be wore, and, after an
hour and tweedy minutes close utti ~,,, stre• k their colours,
sod waved tick hats fir a bout to he min them—She
proved to he k.,Piedinamaise, coMittauded by Monsieur
proved so l's L.a Pwifsn.otsise, c.sss'sssiau,lvd by Monsieur
Eprui., (Mini:our du V•isseaus she touted. Idly pus, lung
eighteen-pounder., ou her trim,, deck, and fb ty-six porn—
der carruuatles on her quarter dick. She bad three hundred
andmisty-sox Frew-boom on board, and mai ly us.° bonder,'
Loomis, who marked their sails. She sailed from the Isle of
France on the J. eh of Dec.:usher. In the action she hail
forty eight lilted and our hundred and twelve wousded.
' The St. notenat has thirtera lilted and twenty-hare wound-
ed ; most of tin latter are In a must promising way. .1 hat
of them I have the honour In lactose fur your infixiontion.
Tile enemy tons cut to pieces in his mats, how sprit and
rigging ; and they all want by the heard doting the night.
It is now • pleastag part of my duty terecommein! to your
particular notice, the cool, stoney, and gallant conduct of
Lieuteneets &heard Davies and Henry George Moyer,
the latter, I am sorry to add, wits severely wounded about ten
mioutes iwfure the enemy strut*. I also experienced very
meat assistance from Mr. Moores, the master, by the judi-
cious lewd 1/ASINlib-Ilke summer in which he laid' as close
alongside tbeettieniy. To Liciateaant Samuel Ashmore, of
the Royal Marines, I as tench indebted, for the cool wad
determined courage evinced by him through the whole ac-
tion. Indeed eveee officer. pens *Nicer, seaman auJ ma-
rine in the ship behaved is the most heave sad plleat
inauncr, and nobly maintained the pm-eminence of the
British Bag Is the Pm boat from the prise come Mr. W.
F. Black, A,, tt out Surgeon of His Majesty's 86th regiment,
captured by the Pwdmontaise on his Imes* to Madras,
• hn rendered ihe sergeou great nasitnamm.
I am also much furl. "ea to the oaken d tbe army, sad
the t'apteies sad ti revs of the country ship., who were
prisoners an board the enemy, for the gnat annstmeee they
afforkd es with th. is Lamar. is erecting jury musty and
workior the ship into port, es, from our weak state, sad the
treat sundae of prisuncts on board us' we could spare bat
few hands from our own ship to stud uo board the prise.
have the honour to be, ike.
• U I I.LI AM DAWSON.

To Sir Edward Peßow, Bsrt Rear...admiral
of the Reel, and of
His Majesty's Ships mid Vessels is he
East Indies.
List of (Makers, Seamen, and Marines, killed sad wounded
ea board His Majesty's ship Si Foureuzei, in action
La Piedimintoiso French Net toast traste, ea tbi nth, 7th,
and nth of March, .isuis.
‘Vosuded on the 6th--William Pitt, seaman, sliehtly ;
John Treacy, supernumerary seainao„ date; N,llom Mil-
ler, seaman, cbtle.
Killed nu the 7th—Tholes Vertin, seaman ; Charles
Smallwood, ditto; Robert t wren, ditto; Jost Middleton,
ditto: • William Mead, superumuerarj seamen; Wilkes
Merlin, marts*; Juba Lufi, ditto; Joseph L,tcbbetd, ditto.
oe the 711,--Jistm Meadons, s.araen, dasger-
isosl, cute dead ; W.Ollllll &adorn, warm, best a let,
sinte dead George flys', 4,•,11/li, 14,11.0) ; John
141,011,111, ditto. ; FraLll% Jik. 101143, senile, ditto; %VS ter
Bum, s. WWI.. data.; Wail..:ll 1.1314) Jolm
Arlon, sesame, lost tyro team i i'l.stip UlticL, rims., Be.