Among the killed was the General Don Fransisco Xavier Winthuyren, Chef-d'Escadre. The loss sustained by the Spanish ships which escaped, must also have been considerable. The day after this glorious and ever memorable action, while the British ships were close under Cape St. Vincent much dispersed, refitting and getting the prizes in a condition to carry sail, twenty-two sail of the Spanish fleet hove in sight and bore down in a regular line of battle, as if determined to engage the British, and endeavour to rescue their unfortunate companions; they however thought it most safe to haul off, and a few days afterwards retired into Cadiz. On the 16th of January Sir John Jervis was forced to put into Lagos Bay, to secure the prizes, and repair the damages the squadron had sustained. A few days it experienced the tail of a gale of wind; which, if it had blown home, might have proved fatal to many of those brave men; as from the badness of the ground, several of the ships, if not the whole squadron, would have been forced ashore. On the 23d the squadron sailed from Lagos Bay, and arrived on the 28th with the prizes at Lisbon. Captain Robert Calder, first captain to the admiral, was sent home with the news of this im net. The thanks of both houses of parliament were voted to the admirals, captains, officers, and crews of the squadron; and his Majesty was graciously pleased to create Sir John Jervis a peer of Great Britain, by the titles of Baron Jervis of Meaford, and Earl of St. Vincent. A pension of 3000l. a year was also bestowed on him by the unanimous vote of parliament. On the 13th of April Lieutenant Pengelly, in the Viper cutter of 14 guns and 60 men, on his return from Algiers to Gibraltar, fell in with, and after a smart action captured the Piteous Virgin Mary Spanish privateer, of 10 guns, 8 swivels, and 42 men, one of whom was killed, and seven wounded. killed or wounded. The Viper had none On the 26th, Captain George Martin, in the Irresis tible, in company with the Emerald frigate, attacked two Spanish frigates which had anchored in Canil Bay, near Trafalgar, and obliged them to surrender; they proved to be the Elonar and Nimfa, of 26 guns, and 320 men each. The former, after she had struck, cut her cable, and ran ashore; Captain Martin, however, got her off, but so materially damaged, that she could not be kept afloat, and was consequently destroyed. These frigates were from the Havannah, bound for Cadiz. It was supposed they had 18 men killed and 30 wounded. The Irresistible had one man killed, and one wounded. On the 28th of May Captain Benjamin Hallowell, in the Lively, of 32 guns; and La Minerve, of 38, Captain George Cockburne, standing into the bay of Santa Cruz, in the island of Teneriffe, discovered an armed brig at anchor in the road, which on their nearer approach hoisted French colours. The two commanders having agreed in opinion that she should be taken out, Captain Hallowell for this purpose ordered the boats of the two frigates under the command of Lieutenant Hardy, of La Minerve, he being the senior officer, to proceed the next day on this desperate enterprize, At about half past two in the afternoon, Mr. Hardy made a most resolute attack, in which he was gallantly sup ported by the officers in the other boats; and in defiance of a smart fire of musketry from the brig, boarded and carried her almost immediately. This gave an alarm to the town, from whence a heavy fire of artillery and musketry was opened; and also from a large ship lying in the road, which continued without intermission for near an hour; by which time they had succeeded in towing the brig out of reach of the batteries, to which, for want of wind, they were for some time much exposed. She proved to be La Mutine French corvette of 12 six-pounders, two thirty-six-pound carronades, and manned with 130 men, commanded by Citizen Xavier Paumier, captaine de frigate, who was on shore at the time she was cut out, Four men were wounded in the Lively's boats, and Lieutenant Hardy, with 10 men in La Minerve's. Earl St. Vincent rewarded Lieutenant Hardy for his gallantry with the command of La Mutine, which appointment was afterwards confirmed by the admiralty. The other officers who greatly distinguished themselves in this service were, Lieutenants Bland, Hopkins, and Bushby, and Lieutenant Bulkely, of the marines, of the Lively; Lieutenants, Gage and Masing of La Minerve's. The damages which the fleet had sustained in the late engagement, having been repaired, Earl St. Vincent sailed from Lisbon, and proceeded off Cadiz, where |