Chapter I: Front Matter

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MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE

OF

ADMIRAL LORD DE SAUMAREZ.

FROM

ORIGINAL PAPERS IN POSSESSION OF THE FAMILY.

BY SIR JOHN ROSS, C.B. K.S.A. K.C.S. F.R.A.S. CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1838.

LONDON: PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

News of the Battles of the 6th and 12th of July reach
England.--Rejoicings on the occasion, particularly described in a
letter from Mrs. Saumarez.--Promotion of Lieutenant Dumaresq.--Letters
from Earl St. Vincent, Mr. Tucker, and others.--Remarks on the conduct
of the Governor and Garrison at Gibraltar.--State of the crew of the
Caesar.--Ship refitted.--Appointments of officers to the St. Antoine,
and other vacancies.--Correspondence with the Spanish Governor at
Cadiz on the subject of red-hot balls.--Accusation refuted.--Letters
from Lord Keith, Sir John Warren, and Captain Dixon.--Squadron off
Cadiz reinforced.--Sir James resumes the blockade of Cadiz.--His
proceedings.--Remarks on the result of the two Actions. Page 1

CHAPTER II.

Despatches arrive from England.--Sir James superseded by Sir Charles
Morice Pole.--Remarks and correspondence on the subject.--The
St. George and four sail of the line arrive.--Blockade of Cadiz.--Sir
James continues as second in command.--His appointments not
confirmed.--Injustice of his treatment.--Letters from various
persons.--The Caesar arrives at Gibraltar. 23

CHAPTER III.

Preliminaries of peace.--Sir James created a Knight of the
Bath.--Remarks on that Order.--Ceremony of investiture.--Action
of the Pasley and Rosario.--Sir James receives the thanks of both
Houses of Parliament.--Speeches of Earl St. Vincent, Lord Nelson,
and Mr. Pitt.--The freedom of the city of London,--and a
sword.--Address from Guernsey and Jersey.--Silver vases.--Inscriptions
thereon. 36

CHAPTER IV.

Sir James disappointed in not returning home.--Extract of a letter to
his brother.--The French send ships to the West Indies.--Squadron
detached after them.--Death of General O'Hara.--Sir James receives
orders to superintend the evacuation of Minorca.--Arrival of H.R.H.
Duke of Kent.--Sir James arrives at Minorca.--Definitive treaty of
peace.--Proceedings there.--Island given up to Spain.--The Caesar
arrives at Gibraltar.--Proceeds to England.--Anchors at Spithead. 56

CHAPTER V.

Commencement of Hostilities with France.--Sir James hoists his Flag at
Sheerness.--Proceeds to Guernsey.--Flag in the Grampus.--Anecdote
of Captain Caulfield.--Sir James visits Jersey, &c.--Diomede arrives
as Flag ship.--The Admiral examines the Defence of the Island.--Loss
of La Minerve.--Attack and Bombardment of Granville.--Cerberus
gets aground.--Narrow Escape from a Shot.--Public and Private
Letters.--Blockade of the Coast.--Loss of the Shannon and
Grappler.--Conclusion of 1803. 72

CHAPTER VI.

Sir James continues in the command at Guernsey.--Proceedings of his
Squadron.--Letter from Lord Nelson, dated two days before he was
killed.--Capture and destruction of La Salamandre.--Sir James's
benevolent conduct at Guernsey. 84

CHAPTER VII.

Sir James is called into active service.--Joins the Channel Fleet
as second in command.--Shifts his Flag from the San Josef to the
Prince of Wales.--His decisive conduct.--Anecdote of the Prince of
Wales' Men.--Change of Ministry.--Sir James leaves the Channel Fleet,
and returns to Guernsey.--Is offered the Command in the East
Indies.--Letter on that occasion. 91

CHAPTER VIII.

State of Affairs in Sweden.--Alarm of the King.--Sir James selected
to command the Baltic Fleet.--Correspondence with Lord Mulgrave.--Sir
John Moore's Expedition.--Arrives at Gothenburg.--Capture and
destruction of a Danish seventy-four.--Sir John Moore goes to
Stockholm.--Is arrested, and escapes.--Expedition returns to
England.--Disposition of the Fleet.--Sir James proceeds to
Carlscrona.--Rescue of Romana's Army.--Sir James proceeds to
the Gulf of Finland.--Capture and Destruction of the Russian
seventy-four, Sewolod.--The combined Swedish and English Fleet off
Baltic Port.--Reconnoitres the Russian Fleet in the harbour, and
determines to attack them.--Prevented by change of winds.--Proceeding
off Baltic Port.--Letter to the Emperor of Russia.--Fleet returns to
Carlscrona. 98

CHAPTER IX.

Sir James at Carlscrona.--Arrangements.--Author left in Sweden.--Letter
from the Swedish Admiral.--Sir James leaves Carlscrona.--Arrives
at Gothenburg.--Makes arrangements for the protection of the
Trade.--Leaves Rear Admiral Keats in Command.--His departure from
Sweden, and arrival in the Downs.--Proceeds to the Admiralty, and
receives their Lordships' high approbation.--Proceedings of the
Fleet.--Revolution in Sweden.--Sir James reappointed to the command
in the Baltic.--His correspondence with Mr. Foster.--Official notice
of the Duke of Sudermania being elected King of Sweden.--He confers
upon Sir James the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword. 126

CHAPTER X.

Blockade of the Russian fleet.--Swedes' expedition, under Admiral
Puke and General Wachtmeister, sails,--is unsuccessful. Private
correspondence with Mr. Foster.--Armistice and Peace with
Russia.--Peace with Denmark.--Proceedings of the Fleet.--State
of affairs in Sweden.--Fleet returns to Carlscrona, and subsequently
to England. 164

CHAPTER XI.

Sir James's third year in the command of the Baltic Fleet. Proceeds
to Gothenburg and Havre.--Correspondence with Mr. Foster, Admiral
Krusenstjerna, and others.--Swedes shut their ports.--Death of
the Crown Prince.--Murder of Count Fersen.--Restrictions of the
Swedish commerce.--Sir James's judicious conduct in that and in
several disputes.--Election of Bernadotte, and his entry into
Sweden.--Correspondence on the subject.--Sir James returns to
England, and receives the approbation of the government and the
nation. 187