The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-26 00:00:00

Admiralty-Office, August 25, 1812.

Copy of a Letter from Admiral Young, toJobn Wilsoneroker,
Esq. dd.teci on board his 11Ia- esty's Ship the Impregnable,
, oft Capel, the 20th lust.

• siR,
I enclose for their Lordships' information, a
copy of a letter from Lord George Stewart, Cap-
tain of his Majesty's ship Horatio, gicirg
an account of the capture, by the boats of
that ship, of two Danish armed vessels, and
an American ship, their prize, 'on the coast
of Norway, in which their Logdships will per-
ceive a degree of persevering bravery, in the
highest degree honourable to all who were'engag-
ed ; but the More their gallant spirit 'excites ad-
iniration, the more it is to be lamented that so
luany"of such brave officers and seamen should be
lost to their country. _ _

I have the honour to be, &c.
W. YOUNG.

•
His Majesty's ship Horatio,Trompsten SOund,
SIR, Coast of Norway, Ang. 3, 180.
I have the honour to makeknown to you, when
in execution of your orders, running 'down the
-coast- of Norway on the Ist inst. in lat. 70 deg.
40 min. N. a small sail was seen from the Mast,
,
thead, close in with the, land, which we discovered
'to be an armed cutter before she disappeared
among the rocks. Being anxious to desiroy the
enemy's cruizers, who have so considerably inter
• cepted our trade in this quarter, J dispatched the
barge and three cutters, under the command of
Illy First. Lieutenant A. M. Ha‘kkins, who gained
• •
information on shore, that the-cutter had gone to
a village on an arm of the sea,-thirty-five miles in
land, where he immediately proceeded, and at
eight A.M. on the 2d, she was discovered at an-
chor, together with a schooner and a large ship,
which, on the appearance of the boats, pre-
, sented their ,broadsides with springs on their.
cables. As a strong tide set the boati • to»;
wards them, Lieutenant Hawkins determin-
ed to attack, notwithstanding their advan,k:
• • ti}geous position; at nine the fire commenced on ,
the boats (one of which was dispatched under the
6 directions of Mr. James Crisp, Master's 411.1te, to
11°1'

disperse somesma -armed inen collected on slime;
thig he effected, add returned to.the atiack..before
the enemy struck), and-after a most sanguinait
combat they were carried in that true and galhi7!t,
stile which far surpasses any comment of mine*ll
its ineritwor of the characters of the brave f.‘--
rio. ws,cmAoyed. They proved to‘ he .hiS Dan
Majesqr!s schooner, No. 114, of six ti-pounder
and thirty men, and cutter No. 97, of fqur
six-pounders and twenty-two men, commanded
by, Lieutenant Buderhof, a First Lieutenant in
the Danish navy, and CoMmodore of a division of
small vessels employed on this coast, in person on
board the schooner; and an American ship of about
400 tons, their prize.

I lament to say that
_the loss on both sides is
severe, and nearly similar. ThOugh I had before
bad occasion, to represent the meritorious.conduct
of Lientenant Hawkins, I cannot in this instance
sutficiently express my sentiments of his gallantry,
as as well as that of Lieutenant Masters, Second
of the Hotiatio.. Lieut. Hawkins, whO received a
severe wound in the right hand when , the boats
were. Advancing, and another in the left arm in the,
.act of boarding, represents the Spirited and able
support he received from Lieutenant Masters, who
was also severely wounded in .the right arm, and I
must also. bear testimony to the merits of this
(Meer. The service has lost a valuable Officer in
-.l'irst.Lieutenant Syder. (royal marines), killed in
the act of boarding ; and that of a most amiable
young man, Mr. James Larans, Assistant-Sur-
geon, who soon after died ()Ibis wounds. I must
also represent the high terms. Lieutenant Haw-
kins speaks of Mr. James Crisp, Master's-Mate,
Mr. William Hughes, Boatswain, and Mr. Tho-
mas Fowler; Midshiiilnan ; the two latter are also
sevfrely wounded.
The services of Lieutenants Hawkins and Alas.
ters, with the pettrofficers, and the several in-
stances of spirited behaviour of the seamen,and
marines,' well deserve the encomiums already
passed. The unwearied, skilful,
.and hunune7at-
tentions of Mr. Thomas Bishop, Surgeon, to the
wounded, demand my waimest acknowledgMents:
Our loSs is to be attributed to the desperate res;s-
tanee Made by the Danish Commodore, (who is
severely wounded, as well as the CoMmander of
the cutter) and the excellent poSition his vessels
were placed in. The prizes. I- have directed to
North Yarmouth. Herewith I beg to inclose the
list of killed and wounded. I am, &e,

(Signed) G. Kr tIART.
To Wm. Young, Esq. Admiral of the White, &e.

A List of Killed and Wounded in the Boat: of his 'Majesty's
ship Horatio. employe:l on the ,24 of August, 1.812.
'Shinimings, quarter-Master; George Mark-
Lam, ditto; Thorn:, s hut.; quarter-master's-m Ate ; Tho-
mas m•Munii, captain of after-guard; Jeremiah Patience;
captain of mast; .lassies Morris, able seaman,;John,llAll,
ditto; - First Lieutenant' George Syder, royal marines ;
Richard Girrick,.corporal "of ditto.
Wounded—Abraham Mills Hawkins, first lieutenant, severely;
Thomas P. Masters, second lieutenant, ditto; Mr. Hughes,
boatswain, ditto; Mr. Fowler, midship Man, ditto; Mr.
Larans, assistant-surgeon (since dead) ;.- James Nightiti--
galc, quarter-maitero.dangerously (since dead); William
Hopkins; captain of forecastle, severely; Joseph DaY;
quarter-gunner, ditto; Thomas Pearsoo,.. able seaman,
ditto ; John Liade, ditto. ditto ; John Dennis, ditto, 'ditto.;
James Cll7llll/ ins, ditto, ditto; James Earsley, quarter-gun-
ner, slightly; James ordinary seaman,- ditto; Ser-
• jeantflarvey, royal marines, ditto; James Stokes, private
, marine, severely.
To; a 1 number Of the enemy
Total - alluded, including. oftieers-13. .
(Signedi. G. STEWART, Capt. •

War-Office, -big. 2S, 1. 18. •
BnrvET.—Major Robert Cotton St. John Lord Clinton, of the
41st Foot, to be.Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.

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