G. C. B.
 
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 SIR CHARLES TYLER, G.C.B. 
 
 ADMIRAL OF THE 
 
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 SIR CHARLES TYLER, G.C.B 
 
 ADMIRAL OF THE 
 
 WHITE 
 
 BY 
 
 COLONEL WYNDHAM-QUIN 
 
 C.B., D.S.O. 
 
 London 
 ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS 
 
 187 Piccadilly, W. 
 1912
 
 PREFACE 
 
 IN attempting the following Memoir of my maternal 
 great-grandfather, it was my original intention 
 to produce it for private and family circulation only. 
 It has, however, since been represented to me that, 
 as all records bearing on this particular period of Naval 
 History are of general interest, I should be justified in 
 laying it before the public. This I accordingly do, not 
 without a hope that I may have been successful in 
 rescuing from the ravages of time the memory of one of 
 that devoted band of brothers who, under the presiding 
 genius of Nelson, rendered so good a service to their 
 country. 
 
 Such Naval History as it was necessary to intro- 
 duce has been taken almost exclusively from that of 
 Mr. James, while much information has been derived 
 from documents at the Admiralty, United Service In- 
 stitution, and Chancery Lane, Admirals' and Captains' 
 letters, Naval Chronicles and other works at the British 
 Museum. 
 
 The Trafalgar Roll, given in the Appendix, is by 
 
 20BG211
 
 PREFACE 
 
 kind permission of the Author, and the Muster Rolls 
 of Tonnant are from the originals in the library of 
 H.M.S. Vktorij. 
 
 The private letters quoted are those now in tlie 
 possession of JNIajor-General Trevor B. Tyler, C.S.I. 
 
 W. H. Wyndham-Quin. 
 
 Castletown, 
 
 Carric'k-on-Suir. 
 
 August, 1912. 
 
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 CONTENTS 
 
 CHAPTER 
 
 PAGE 
 
 I. 
 
 1760-1790 ..... 
 
 1 
 
 11. 
 
 1790-1795 ..... 
 
 32 
 
 III. 
 
 1795-1798 ..... 
 
 7i3 
 
 IV. 
 
 1798-1802 ..... 
 
 103 
 
 V. 
 
 18052-1806 ..... 
 
 120 
 
 VI. 
 
 1806-1816 ..... 
 
 159 
 
 
 L'Envoie ..... 
 
 191 
 
 APPENDICES 
 
 I. The Trafalgar Roll: H.M.S. ' Tonnant/ 80 guns 195 
 II. Ammunition expended on board H.M.S. 'Tonnant"' 
 
 IN THE BaITLE of TRAFALGAR . . . 200 
 
 III. Grant ok Arms to Sir Charles Tyler when 
 
 CREATED Grand Cross of the Bath . . 201 
 
 IV. Notice of Presentations to Sir Charles Tyler . 204 
 V. Muster Roll of H.M.S. 'Tonnant' . . 205 
 
 Index ...... 238 
 
 Genealogical Table showing the descendants of 
 
 Sir Charles Tyler for three generations . at end
 
 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 Admiral Sir Charles Tyler, G.C.B. . . Frontispiece 
 
 Lady Tyler {from a miniature') . . . facing page 30 
 
 Captain George Nicholas Hardinge {from a 
 
 Print in the possession of Viscount Hardinge) „ „ 50 
 
 The French ' Algesiras "* engaging H.M.S. 
 
 'Tonnant'' at the Batile of Trafalgar . „ „ 132 
 
 Cori'RELL House, Glamorgan {circa 1870) . „ „ 192
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 CHAPTER L 
 
 1760-1700. 
 
 MR. O'HART of the Irish Pedigrees opines that 
 Tyler is one of the Anglicised forms of 
 O'Tolairg, meaning the ' AVhite Church,' and 
 that a gentleman of that clan was the grandson of ' the 
 hundred and forty-ninth Monarch of Ireland !' In any 
 case the name is frequently found among the annals of 
 the Registries of Wills in the counties of AVaterford, 
 Roscommon, Sligo, and Westmeath. There you will 
 come across records of many families, all bearing the 
 name, or its variants, of Tyllier and Taylor. There was 
 a Tyler, too, ' an adventurer, i.e., speculator of land,' in 
 Ireland in 1642. 
 
 In England we find mention of the Tylers in Norfolk, 
 where, in the parish records of North Elmham, it is set 
 down that ' Edward Tylor, son of Peter Tylor, Secretary 
 to the Lo. Crumwell was borne at Worthing and 
 baptised in tliys p'ishe because my Lo: was one of his 
 witnesses the 19th Dec. 1596.' ' INIy Lo.' Cromwell 
 was the father of ' the first Earl of Ardglass in Ireland,' 
 which may possibly establish a connection, however 
 slender, with Peter Tylor the Secretary, and others of 
 the name in that country. 
 
 However, these speculations are all introductory to 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 the appearance in England early in the eighteenth 
 century of Captain Peter Tyler, who was undoubtedly 
 the founder of the present families of Tyler of Linsted 
 in Kent, and Tyler of Cottrell in Glamorgan, and was 
 the father of Admiral Sir Charles Tyler, G.C.B., the 
 subject of the present inquiry. 
 
 Through the archives of the War Office we learn 
 that Peter Tyler served as a volunteer with the army in 
 Flanders in 1747-8. On March 5th of the latter year, 
 he obtained a commission as Ensign in Colonel Johnson's 
 Regiment of Foot (afterwards the 33rd) and was pro- 
 moted I^ieutenant in July of the same year, but retired in 
 1751. This Colonel Johnson, it appears, was a pro- 
 prietary colonel, and sold commissions in his regiment, 
 as was the custom of that day, and accordingly it is 
 probable that Peter Tyler had to pay for his advance- 
 ment, for which a high price was often demanded. 
 Johnson died in 1753, and Tyler disappears from the 
 official records in 1751. 
 
 We get, however, a further glimpse of him in a 
 memorandum found among the papers of one of his 
 descendants, Mr. ^Villiam Hardinge Tyler, which is in 
 the handwriting of that gentleman's sister, Mrs. Lewis. 
 
 ' My grandfather,' says that lady, ' w^as in the 52nd 
 Regiment, Capt. Peter Tyler by name, and was present 
 at the battle of Bunker's Hill.' This takes us on to the 
 year 1775, and seems to suggest that Tyler continued 
 his military career some time after leaving the corps 
 commanded by Johnson. ' He served on the Staff of 
 the Lord Lieut, in Ireland,' continues JNIrs. Lewis, 'and 
 here died, leaving a widow, the Honourable Mrs. Tyler, 
 daughter of Anne Baroness Dacre and the 8th Lord 
 Teynham.' 
 
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 AD.MIRAL TYLER 
 
 Mrs. Peter Tyler was issue of Lord Teynhani's third 
 marriage, her motlier, tlie widow of Mr. Richard 
 Barrett, of Relhiis, being daugliter and co-lieir with her 
 sister Barbara of Thomas Lennard, Earl of Sussex and 
 Baron Dacre. Two years after her second husband's 
 death, I^ady Teynham married the Honourable Robert 
 Moore, son of the Earl of Drogheda. In 1741 I^ady 
 Teynham became Baroness Dacre in lier own right. 
 According to Mr. Palin, in his entertaining history of 
 the parish of StifFord in Essex, this lady was much 
 addicted to tlie prevailing fashion of Play, and witli her 
 sister sold Dacre Castle, the estate of Chevening in 
 Kent, and other estates in Cumberland, for a quarter of 
 their value, in order to settle her debts of honour. She 
 died in 1755, and was ancestress of the present family of 
 Brand. Presumably the first \^iscount Hampden, so 
 well remembered as ^Ir. Speaker Brand, would have 
 been known as the twenty-third Baron Dacre after 
 1890, had he not previously accepted the A^iscounty 
 alluded to. 
 
 The family born to Captain Peter Tyler consisted of 
 three sons and two daughters : Francis Henry, who 
 continued the line of the present Tylers of Linsted ; 
 George Peter,* of the Madras Civil Service ; Charles, 
 the subject of this memoir, from whom the Tylers of 
 Cottrell are descended ; Frances Anne, married to James 
 Wilder, Esq., and Mary, died unmarried in 1786. 
 
 Of young Tyler's childhood, or the circumstances in 
 which it was passed, we know but little, yet there is a 
 tradition in the family that his early years were spent 
 
 * Married Anne, daughter of Colonel Charles Long, of Tubney, 
 Berks, and died at Madras in 1:534, leaving a family of six sons and three 
 daughters. 
 
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 MEMOIKS OF 
 
 in Ireland. The tradition seems plausible if only from 
 the fact that his father, Captain Peter, in the scanty 
 memorials which preserve his name, is mentioned as 
 originating in that kingdom, and also because, as we 
 shall see hereafter, Charles Tyler himself, in tiie memoirs 
 of one of his officers on H.IM.S. Tonnant, is referred to 
 as being an Irishman. The first important date recorded 
 in the annals of his boyhood is that of April in 1771, 
 Avhen at the tender age of eleven lie entered the Royal 
 Navy. On page 50 of the first volume of the Admiral's 
 Services we read that young Tyler was rated as ' servant 
 to Captain Andrew Snape Hamond on board the 
 Barfieur man-of-war, a line of battle ship of 90 guns.' 
 
 I'hat same rating of * officer's servant ' is an in- 
 teresting illustration of one of the details of the adminis- 
 tration of the navy during the eighteenth century. In 
 the days of George the Second and onwards, all officers 
 from admirals to lieutenants and petty officers had the 
 privilege of surrounding themselves with a personal 
 entourage conceived on a somewhat generous scale. 
 For instance, an Admiral of the Fleet might take to sea 
 no less than fifty ' servants ' of eleven years and 
 upwards, sixteen of whom might be borne on the ship's 
 books. A captain was entitled to four for every 
 hundred of the company of his ship. Even a lieutenant 
 in a GO-gun ship, or a petty officer in one of 100 guns ; 
 might take a servant to sea at the ship's expense. The 
 rating of servants was, of course, only nominal. The 
 custom, as Sir AVilliam I^aird Clowes tells us, 
 
 ' Permitted captains to take to sea with them young 
 ' gentlemen who aspired to the position of officer, and 
 ' the more zealous officers usually benefited the service 
 ' by having with them a large proportion of servants of 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 'that kind traininty under tlieir own eyes. Yet in those 
 ' days even eaptaiiis who were devoted to the interest 
 ' of their profession, employed many retainers of a elass 
 ' tliat would nowadays be deemed very superfluous in a 
 'man-of-war. Tailors, barbers, footmen, and tiddlers 
 ' followed their patrons. As late as 178.5, Commodore 
 ' Edward Thompson, who it is true always had his 
 ' quarter-deek erowded with sueli young gentlemen as 
 ' were destined a few years later to shine in the front 
 ' ranks of the Service, had a painter on his personal staff, 
 ' and used to sununon the poor artist on deck at strange 
 ' times to record impressions of sunrise effects or 
 ' nocturnal storms.' 
 
 The practice was one which naturally was capable of 
 considerable abuse, especially as the officer was entitled 
 to 11/. Hs. 2d. a year for the wages of each servant. It 
 became the practice to bear upon a ship's book young 
 gentlemen who, besides being much under eleven years 
 of age, were still in the luu'sery at home, or at school, 
 and to bear nominally as seamen boys or working 
 servants — and to the prejudices of those classes — 
 youngsters who were destined for the quarter-deck. At 
 length the * officer's servants " were classified, and some 
 attempt w^as made at a regulation of the custom under 
 which they were to be taken to sea. A captain's 
 servants towards the end of the century were divided 
 into (1) young gentlemen not under eleven years of age 
 who were intended for the sea service and were styled 
 Volunteers; (2) boys of between fifteen and seventeen 
 intended to become seamen, and (3) boys from thirteen 
 to fifteen intended to do actual duty as servants. 
 
 Charles Tyler, born in 1700, was thus qualified in 
 1771 to join the navy under the first of these classes, 
 and it was as a ' Captain's servant, \^olunteer,' that he 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 sailed in the Barfieur with Captain Snape Hamond in 
 tliat year. 
 
 England in 1771 had been at peace since the termi- 
 nation of the seven years' war in 1763, and the navy we 
 may then regard as marking time between the glories of 
 the world-wide contest in which it had been engaged 
 under the administration of the great Pitt and in the 
 hands of such seamen as Boscawen, Vernon, and Hawke, 
 and the later period which was to begin w^th the en- 
 counters which grew out of the active sympathy of the 
 French with the insurgent Colonies, continue through the 
 dire struggle with Republican France, and end with the 
 crowning victory of Trafalgar. In some of the moving 
 incidents of this last period, as we shall see, 'J^yler took a 
 very creditable part. At this early period in his career, 
 and in the relatively quiet surroundings of the 
 ' Seventies,' it seems convenient to follow him aboard 
 the various ships in which he served, and note some- 
 thing of the Commanders from whom he learned his 
 business. 
 
 ^"oung Tyler at the age of eleven found himself 
 under a captain who had already earned a certain dis- 
 tinction. Captain Andrew Snape Hamond was the son 
 of Robert Hamond, a shipowner of Blackheath, and 
 took his mother's maiden name, Snape, as one of his 
 Christian names. He had entered the navy at the age 
 of fifteen in 1753 ; by 1759 he had been promoted 
 lieutenant of the Magndniiiic through the interest of 
 Tjord Howe, and was present in that vessel at the battle 
 of Quiberon Bay, the famous action of the 20tli or 21st of 
 November, when in a raging gale and heavy sea, Hawke 
 made his famous ' hawk-like swoop ' upon (^onflans, 
 shattered the French fleet, and delivered England from 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 any anxiety until the end of tlie war. Hamond got 
 command of tlie Savage sloop in 1705, and obtained 
 post rank in 1770. In the following year we find him 
 in command of the Barfieur, 90, stationed at Chatham ; 
 and it was upon tliat vessel that young Tyler first 
 entered the navy as ' officer's servant ' in April of 1771. 
 Hamond was at this time Flag Captain to Admiral 
 Lord Howe. 
 
 It seems certain that Hamond was a friend of the 
 Tyler family, and that, in a day when interest of one 
 sort or another was necessary to obtain a nomination for 
 the humblest of posts in the navy, Hamond's had been 
 excited in favour of young Tyler. The not very 
 promising rating of officer's servant was the result, 
 though its utility for him is manifest from the fact that, 
 in November of the same year, he was rated as mid- 
 shipman. Hamond's interest in the boy seems clear, for 
 when, in September of 1771, he took command of the 
 Arethusa and sailed to the North American Station, he 
 transferred Charles Tyler to that ship. 
 
 It is difficult to estimate the value of the opportuni- 
 ties of seeing service which fell to the boy's lot at this 
 time. There was not much activity on the American 
 Station until a few years later, and there is little record 
 of any great doings aboard the Arcthu.sa. When the 
 stirrino- times came, Hamond took command of the 
 Roebuck', 44, and Tyler, still a midshipman, joined the 
 Preston, Captain John Robinson. Tyler was thus 
 deterred from sharing tlie services with Hamond in the 
 Roebuck on the Chesapeake and at Sandy Hook, which 
 gained him the honour of knighthood, and eventually 
 the Governorship of Novji Scotia ; but the nearly four 
 years of training the boy recei\ ed under this capable 
 
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 officer were doubtless of tlie highest vakie to liim, and 
 had certainly an important influence on his future career. 
 
 The Preston, into which young Tyler was transferred 
 from the Arethusa, was the flagship of Samuel Graves, 
 Mce-Admiral of the Blue, wlio, early in 1774, had 
 assumed the command of the American Station. Her 
 captain was Captain John Robinson, of whom little is 
 recorded. Graves had already seen much service. He 
 Avas at Cartagena on the Norfulk in 1771, had com- 
 manded the Barfleur under Hawke in 1757 in the 
 expedition to Basque Road, and was in the fleet under 
 Anson in the following year. Like Snape Hamond, he 
 had taken part in Hawke's grand coup at Quiberon Bay, 
 where he commanded the Duke, and had attained the 
 rank of Admiral in 1762. 
 
 His command in America was destined to prove one 
 of the most ungracious duties which it has ever been 
 the lot of a British naval officer to fulfil. It was 
 Graves who arrived at Boston in July to enforce the 
 provisions of that disastrous Boston Port Bill AN'hich 
 was one of the main causes of tlie loss of our American 
 Colonies. 
 
 Young Tyler's early career is identified with those 
 unfortunate proceedings, and we may think of him as a 
 midshipman on the flagship Preston, 50, wliich, with the 
 Royal Odk, 74, E^mont, 74, and Worcester, G4, arrived in 
 Boston to carry out that ill-omened policy of George 
 the Third which had the results we know of. 
 
 The story of those operations has often been written, 
 and needs but little notice here. The rebellious port, 
 which had tlirown overboard cargoes of British tea in 
 the previous year, was to be blockaded and cut ofl* from 
 all commercial relations witli tlie rest of the world. 
 
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 (knives' part in this miserable business lias been for- 
 gotten amidst the greater events which followed. He 
 was without any definite instructions, and without any 
 adequate force to carry out such instructions as he had. 
 His vessels were ill-maimed, and on the lowest peace 
 establishment. Not being provided witli any of tlie 
 well-armed small craft indispensable to the success of 
 such an undertaking, he had to improvise substitutes 
 from whatever coasting vessels he could lay his hands on. 
 AVith such flotillas, as might be expected, he succeeded 
 only in irritating the Colonists without overawing them. 
 The blockade of Boston was a failure, and during 
 (^raves' command, the insurrection, so far i'rom being 
 suppressed, continued to assume still greater propor- 
 tions. He was relieved of his command in 1776, and 
 sailed for England in the Preston, Avhere, although he 
 was never directly blamed, he was regarded and treated 
 as a scapegoat by an incapable ministry. 
 
 No doubt young Tyler shared much of the humilia- 
 tion of those disastrous days. It is of interest to 
 remember, however, that, if the family tradition be 
 correct, he and his father must have fought together at 
 15unker's Hill in 1775, when the guns of the British 
 Squadron were turned on the American redoubts, and 
 Captain Peter Tyler was himself probably in the 
 storming party which helped to decide the issue of that 
 momentous engagement. 
 
 Tyler's time on the Preston included some very 
 strenuous work, as we judge. ^Nlany years later, in a 
 petition to King George the Third, in which he records 
 his services, he states that ' while on duty in America 
 in the year 1777 by the extream severity of the 
 weather, your petitioner was so injured in his left leg as 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 to render it necessary to remove the small bone in con- 
 sequence of which he was upwards of two years unable 
 to move except upon crutches, and he has ever since 
 been lame.' 
 
 The last captain under whom I'yler ser\'ed on the 
 Preston was Commodore William (afterwards Lord) 
 Hotliam, who appears to have succeeded Robinson in 
 her command early in 1778. The close friendship 
 which subsisted between Tyler and his captain, and 
 Avhich was continued throughout their lives, no doubt 
 originated in the few months they were on that ship, 
 at this time attached to Lord Hood's fleet in America. 
 
 Hotham's regard for the young sailor is well com- 
 memorated in the following letter written him in 1780, 
 the terms of which seem to speak very fa\'ourably for 
 the personality of a boy of twenty who could inspire 
 such sentiments in a man many years his senior : 
 
 ' H.M.S. Preston, 
 
 ' St. Lucia, July 8th, 1780. 
 ' My dear Charles, 
 
 ' I received all your packets and should have sooner 
 ' thanked you for them liad I known for certain where 
 ' to have found you. The account you gi\'e me of your 
 ' leg I much rejoice at, and the rather because the one I 
 ' have received of it from Captain Balfour is not so 
 ' favourable, but as yours is the latest and you ought to 
 ' know more of that matter than him, I, of course, judge 
 ' it to be the most correct. I sincerely hope it is so, as 
 ' it would be a great pity that one of your active dis- 
 ' position should be restrained in the inclination you, 1 
 ' am sure, possess of showing yourself active as an 
 ' officer. I was disappointed at your not being in the 
 ' Cnlloden, as we could easily have brought about a 
 ' change for you into the J^engeance, my proper ship, 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 ' although I am, as you see, returned for the present 
 * to our old one with a view of going again to English 
 ' harbour, unless the combined squadron who are slipped 
 ' out of jNlartinique should choose to go there before us. 
 ' I do not wonder that the Admiral's relation to our 
 ' first action with the French part of it should hiive 
 ' occasioned great speculation and uneasiness at home. 
 ' It has given, as you may well believe, great discontent 
 ' in this part of the world also, and has been the occasion 
 ' of Admiral Rowley and myself writing to be recalled. 
 ' It is nevertheless a ludicrous account, and as our anger 
 ' at it subsides, it is very deservedly laughed at, and not 
 ' improperly compared to the one which Falstaff gives 
 ' the Prince of his battle with thieves upon Kendal 
 ' Green where he receives so many of their points on his 
 ' target. 
 
 ' If my request to return to England be complied 
 ' with, your not coming here need not be regretted, and 
 ' I shall flatter myself that we may some time or other 
 ' sail again together. I was very happy, you may believe, 
 ' in having your friend Holloway for my captain. He is 
 ' since married, but in an ill state of health. This climate, 
 ' in short, does not agree with him. 
 
 ' Adieu my dear Charles, take care of yourself, and 
 ' be assured always of the friendship and regard with 
 ' which you will ever find me, 
 
 ' INIost affectionately yours, 
 
 ' W. HOTHA^I. 
 
 ' P.S. — Captain Holloway desires much to be re- 
 ' membered to you. 
 
 ' 7o Lieutenant Tyi.ek. 
 
 'H.INI.S. Britdiinica, Portsmouth.' 
 
 Tyler left the Preston in August 1788. How he 
 returned to England we know not, but we get sight 
 of him nine months later on the CuUoden, Captain 
 George Ralfour, of the Channel Fleet, and promoted 
 
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 from midshipman to lieutenant. His passing certificate 
 is still preserved in the naval archives and seems worth 
 setting out as a quaint document of the period. It runs 
 as follows : 
 
 • In pursuance etc. of 2,5th ultimo. We have 
 ' Examined JNIr. Charles Tyler, wlio by certificate appears 
 'to be more than Twenty years of age and find he has 
 ' gone to Sea more than seven years in the Ships and 
 ' Qualities undermentioned viz. : 
 
 Barfienr Ordinary 
 
 Arethusa Mid. Ordy, 
 Do. Mid. 
 
 Preston Ab. 
 
 Do. Mid. 
 
 ' He produced journals kept by himself in the Arethusa 
 ' and Preston and Certificates from Captains Hamond 
 ' and Appleby of his Diligence etc. He can Splice, 
 ' Knot, Reef a Sail etc. and is qualified to do the duty 
 ' of an able Seaman and ^Midshipman. 
 
 abated at the Navy Offices, 4th Feby. 1779, 
 
 ' Chs. Middleton, Edd. Selvas Capt. Abm. North.' 
 
 It will seen that Tyler's age is assumed to be at 
 least a year more than it really was, but the irregularity 
 was a slight one in the more or less humorous circum- 
 stances which attended the examinations of lieutenants 
 in the days of King (Tcorge the Third. Xo boy was 
 eligible for a lieutenancy who was unable to pass the not 
 very severe examination in practical seamanship con- 
 ducted by the commissioners ; he must also liave served 
 six years at sea, two of them in the capacity of midship- 
 man or mate, and be of twenty years or over. All these 
 restrictions were constantly and systematically evaded, 
 and, as we are told, ' little boys in tlie nursery or at 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 school were home on the books of a ship for a time 
 which afterwards counted towards the stipuhited six 
 years,' The commissioners certainly re(juired a baptismal 
 certificate to enable them to jud^e the age of the candi- 
 date, but according to Sir G. Elliot, this certificate and 
 its origin was treated in an obligingly generous spirit by 
 the examiners. 
 
 'In July 1800,' says Admiral Elliot, 'having 
 ' completed my six years of servitude I was sent witli 
 ' nine other midshipmen to pass the necessary ex- 
 ' amination for a lieutenant's commission. Our examina- 
 
 • tion before the old Commissioners of the Navy was not 
 
 • severe, but we were called upon to produce certificates 
 ' that we were all twenty-one years of age. I was 
 ' sixteen and four days. The old Porter furnished them 
 ' at five shillings apiece, which, no doubt, the com- 
 
 • missioners knew, for on our return one of them remarked 
 ' that the ink had not dried in twenty-one years.' 
 
 Tyler, however, was in good company in his lack of 
 qualification by age. Earrington had been certified as 
 more than twenty in 17^5, when he was only sixteen. 
 Nelson was eighteen when he was certified for his 
 lieutenant's commission, and Rodney's son, by his 
 father's influence, was a commissioned officer at fifteen 
 and four months, and a full-blown post-captain five 
 weeks later. 
 
 Tyler was again lucky in the captain under whom 
 he served as lieutenant in the CuUoden. Captain 
 George Balfour, according to naval records, was an able 
 sailor, who had served with distinction. He had ob- 
 tained his lieutenancy as early as 1745, and was rated as 
 commander in a sloop of war in 175G. Two years later, 
 he was with Boscawen at Louisburg as commander of 
 the ^Etna fireship. In July of that year, 1758, he com- 
 
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 manded a cutting-out expedition directed against the 
 Bicnfaiyant and Prudent, the sole remaining vessels of 
 the French Squadron then lying in Louisburg harbour. 
 The affair was in all respects typical of the cutting-out 
 operations of those days, those perilous boarding ex- 
 peditions in which the British sailor has always excelled. 
 Balfour divided his force into two divisions, and sent his 
 subordinate, Laforey, against the Prudent, and himself 
 led the attack on the Bienfcdsant. Laforey carried the 
 Prudent, but, finding her stranded, he fired her, and 
 joined Balfour on the Bienfaisant, which had already 
 struck her colours. The night was almost calm, but the 
 boats, aided by a slight breeze, triumphantly towed the 
 prize out of the harbour in the face of a heavy fire from 
 the shore, and Balfour was rewarded by being put in 
 charge of her with the rank of post-captain. 
 
 Balfour commanded the Bienfaisant until the peace 
 of 1703, but without much further chance of distinction. 
 In 1770 he commanded the Venus frigate, and in 1772 
 the Royal Oak, of 74 guns. In 1776 he was appointed 
 to the Culloden, 74, then newly launched at Deptford, 
 where, as we have said, he received Tyler as one of his 
 lieutenants in April of that year. 
 
 This ship was employed, as were several others of 
 the same rate, previous to the commencement of the 
 hostilities with France, principally as a cruiser off Cape 
 Finisterre for the purpose of preventing any commercial 
 intercourse between the revolted American Colonies 
 and Europe, as well as to intercept any supplies of 
 warlike stores that might be attempted to be sent them 
 from France or Spain. 
 
 Tyler's own memorandum of his services informs us 
 that from September, 1780, to April 30th, 1782, he 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 was lieutenant of the Britannica under Vice- Admiral 
 George Darby, Captain Kempenfelt, and Captain C. 
 Pole. The command of that ship is a little difficult to 
 follow accurately. 
 
 On March lOtli, 1779, Darby hoisted his Hag as 
 second in command of the Channel Fleet on the 
 Britannica, and as we read that Kempenfelt was 
 ' Captain of the Fleet ' to Darcy, and Tyler mentions 
 him as one of his commanders, it seems likely that he 
 was aboard that vessel ; though it would appear tliat 
 Pole (afterwards Sir C. Morice) was her captain from 
 March 1779 to July 1780. 
 
 These names connect that of Tyler with some in- 
 teresting events, for tlie Brifanfiica was in the squadron 
 of twelve ships which put to sea under Kempenfelt in 
 1781 to intercept a large convoy reported as bound from 
 France to the \^^est Indies. Kempenfelt was led to 
 believe that the French force opposed to him consisted 
 of seven sail only ; he found it of no less than nineteen, 
 under De Guichen, who was reckoned one of the best 
 tacticians in the French Navy. The uselessness of 
 bringing on an action in the face of this force was 
 evident. Rut, noticing that the French Admiral, in 
 forming his line of battle between the English 
 Squadron and the convoy, had placed himself to 
 leeward of the convoy, Kempenfelt immediately took 
 advantage oi the situation. Under a press of sail he 
 passed astern of the French line, and, dashing in among 
 the convoy, captured fifteen of them, sank two or three 
 more, and dispersed the rest, five of which were after- 
 wards picked up. De Guichen, with a fleet nearly 
 double the English, was thus hopelessly defeated. Two 
 only of the French ships, with a few of the transports, 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 pursued the voyage ; the rest, with the scattered 
 remnants of the convoy, returned to Brest. 
 
 Kempenfelt, as will be remembered, was the un- 
 fortunate Admiral wiio went down in the Royal George, 
 when she foundered off Spithead in 1782. 
 
 In May of 1782 Tyler was appointed lieutenant to 
 the Edgar, under AVilliam, afterwards first Lord 
 Hotham, whom, as we have seen, he had formerly met 
 in the Preston. The Edgar was one of the ships under 
 Howe which in that year relieved Gibraltar, and after- 
 wards fought the skirmish outside the Straits with that 
 powerful force of the Allies, which Howe vainly en- 
 deavoured to entice into a general action. Hotham, as 
 commodore in the Edgar, commanded one of the mid 
 divisions of the British Fleet. 
 
 Tyler remained in the Edgar little more than a year, 
 for we find that in July 1783 he was promoted to the 
 rank of connnander, and given the command of a sloop 
 in the North Sea, without any interval of waiting for 
 employment. He was now twenty-three, and had spent 
 twelve year?, of his life at sea in various parts of the 
 world, a training which, we may be sure, had made him 
 a self-reliant and competent sailor. In all these twelve 
 years, his opportunities for leave had been limited to the 
 six months between August of 1778, when he left the 
 Preston, and April of the following year, when he joined 
 the Cidloden. His progress in his profession had been 
 steady, and, as tmies went, rapid, for those were the 
 days when even deserving men, unless backed by 
 interest, were passed over in the promotions, and grey- 
 headed midshipmen were not uncommon. 
 
 At twenty-three, as we say, Tyler found himself in 
 ,an independent command, and in the receipt of a com- 
 
 IG
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 nimider's pay, whicli. ibr active service, amounted to tlie 
 not excessive sum of 250/. per annum. 15ut the o^reat 
 step from a subordinate position to the command of liis 
 own sliip. the object of every yoim^' officer's ambition, 
 had been attained, and in those days, wlien prizes were 
 divided bodily amongst tlie different ranks, tliere was 
 always a chance of a comfortable addition to his income 
 for tlie commander even of a sloo}). when smuggling 
 luggers and armed prixateers infested the l^ritish Seas. 
 
 All the biographies, including the official AdmirnI s 
 Services make Tyler begin his career as a commander 
 in the CluipiiKui armed ship, but his own letters written 
 to the Admiralty prove beyond any doubt that his first 
 command was in the Q//ec?i, an ' armed ship ' stationed 
 at North Shields. As early as January 20th of 1788, we 
 find him WTiting to Mr. Phihp Stephens, the Secretary 
 of the Admiralty, that he had carried out Admiral 
 ]{oddam"s instructions to take the Queen to that port, 
 and ' to put in execution their Lordships' former 
 orders.' 
 
 Those orders were apparently convoy work round 
 the coast, and the Qi/een\s- chief duties were the pro- 
 tection of laden coasting vessels, bound between the 
 eastern ports of the kingdom and London, agamst 
 privateers, 'i'hus we read on the 7tli of February that 
 Tyler on the 2nd ' sailed from this port with the trade 
 for London which I saw safe off Yarmouth lloads, and 
 on the oth T retook a sloop belonging to Perth which 
 lias been taken that morning off Scarborough, by a 
 privateer belonging to Dunkirk. I chased the Privateer,' 
 continued Tyler, 'but could not come up with her." 
 
 In this sort of work which no doubt had its interest 
 for an energetic young sailor. Tyler seems to ha\e spent 
 
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 just six inonths on the Queen. In July of 1788 he was 
 transferred to tlie conniiand of tlie C/tap///afi ni the same 
 station. We have no details of his service in that 
 vessel, but have little doubt it resembled in most points 
 his experience in the Qtteen, though probably its excite- 
 ments were modified by the conclusion of peace with 
 France in 1784. In November of that year, however, 
 Tyler was again transferred, this time to the Trimmer 
 sloop, stationed at Milford Haven on duties which were 
 almost exclusively tliose of protection of the Revenue, 
 duties which to-day are carried out by the Coastguard. 
 The preservation by the family of Tyler's own copies of 
 his official letters enables us to follow his career in the 
 Trimmer with some completeness, and gives us records 
 of the life of a young commander in peace time in the 
 days of George the Third which seem to present some 
 points of interest. 
 
 Tyler's duties are quite clearly defined by the orders 
 he received from the Admiralty upon taking up his ap- 
 })ointment. 
 
 ' You are hereby required and directed,' runs 
 ' this document, * to proceed without loss of ti\ne in the 
 ' sloop you command and cruise very diligently until 
 ' you receive further order, from the Land's End to the 
 ' Holmes and JNlilford Haven, for the purpose of affording 
 'protection to His Majesty's trading subjects, and pre- 
 ' venting the illegal practice of running brandy and other 
 ' goods, as well as the exportation of wool, governing 
 ' yourself in the execution of the last-mentioned service 
 ' by the printed instructions you will receive forthwith. 
 
 ' You are constantly to make the suppression of this 
 ' branch of illicit trading one of the principal objects of 
 ' your attention, and for that purpose to have a watchful 
 ' eye upon all outward-bound ships and vessels, and if 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 ' upon searching tlicin you find wool, Moollen yams, or 
 ' other articles aforesaid on hoard, for the purpose of 
 ' exportation, you are to stay such shi])s and cargoes, and 
 
 * deliver them to the collector or other chief oflicer of the 
 
 * nearest port with an account of the circumstances of the 
 ' case.' 
 
 There follow particular instructions as to dealing 
 with some of the ingeiuiities of the snuiggling fraternity 
 which seem of interest. 
 
 ' Smugglers make it a practice to collect from the 
 ' illicit dealers the ankers, half ankers, and other small 
 ' casks after the spirits ha^ e been drawn thereout with 
 ' intent to carry the same back to France to be refilled, 
 ' and again fraudulently introduced into this country. 
 
 * They frequently fill several of their casks with articles 
 ' prohibited to be exported, particularly wool, worsted 
 'yarn, etc., which they stow at the bottom of their 
 
 * vessels employed in transferring the same, leaving a few 
 
 * empty ones at the top, and if met with by revenue 
 ' vessels pretend that the whole are empty . . .' 
 
 Tyler and other captains are then exhorted, that if 
 they discover such casks aboard of any vessel, without 
 the proper legal papers, to seize them and represent the 
 circumstances to the Board. If wool also was found, 
 the vessels were to be impounded. 
 
 The whole practice of smuggling had in these days 
 an importance whici) it has since lost, and whicli ac- 
 counts in great measure for the pains which were 
 taken in its suppression. There was no mere question 
 of the loss to the Revenue by the introduction into 
 the country of spirit in generous quantities which paid 
 no duty, but the whole institution of smuggling was 
 a national danger during a period when Britain was 
 often engaged in a life and death struggle maintained 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 on the sea. The practice employed a large body of 
 hardy seafaring men familiar with every detail of the 
 coasts of the conntry, whose very occnpation made 
 them dead to any sense of patriotism, and wlio were ever 
 ready to sell their knowledge of the national armaments 
 and preparations for war to the enemies of their 
 country. In the English smugglers indeed, France 
 had a corps of the most efficient spies possible, ready 
 to hand. The importance of the whole question to 
 the Government of those days is very convincingly set 
 out by Sir William I^aird Clowes, in his valuable 
 History of the Royal Xavy : 
 
 ' The repression of smuggling was a biuMiing question 
 ' during the whole of the period now under review, and 
 ' especially in war-time. The smuggler, besides being a 
 ' professional cheater of the Revenue, was of necessity 
 ' a man of lax patriotism and easy conscience, and one 
 ' whose success depended upon his maintenance of good 
 ' relations with both sides of the Channel. He was, 
 ' consequently, ever available as a spy. The frequency 
 ' with whicli he impeded, and sometimes even con- 
 ' founded, the operations of the Navy appears in tlie 
 ' correspondence of several flag officers of the time, and 
 ' there is little doubt that the many treacherous be- 
 ' trayals which prevented the carrying out of naval plans 
 ' and combinations, were as often as not attributed to 
 ' grave Jacobite and French sympatliisers when tliey 
 ' were really the work of persons owning no more 
 ' serious political convictions than that he who paid 
 ' duty was a fool.' 
 
 As early as 1745, Admiral \'ernon wrote of 
 smugglers as ' now thouglit to be principally employed 
 in the ruin of their country by the smuggling trade and 
 as daily spies to give the enemy intelligence of our 
 proceedings.' Tlie Admiral opined that in that year 
 
 •20
 
 ADM I HAL TVLEK 
 
 tliere were in the town of Deal alone, wlienee he wrote, 
 ' two hundred able young men and seafaring folk who 
 are knowji to have no visible way of getting tlieir living, 
 but by the infamous trade ot smuggling, many keeping 
 a horse and arms to be ready at all ealls.' At Dover he 
 estimated their number at four hundred, and l{amsgate 
 and Folkestone he thought had three hundred eaeh. 
 
 The eountry was eertainly at peaee during Tylers 
 eonnnand of the Trimmer, but the autliorities in no 
 way relaxed their vigilanee against smugglers on that 
 aeeount. It was obviously advisable to diminish a 
 body of potential spies at all times, and we soon find 
 reeord of Tyler's energetie dealings with the gentry 
 from his vantage-ground of Milford Haven. Quite at 
 the be<>innin<>: of his eonmiission. in INlareh 1785. he 
 sent the following letter to Mr. Pliihp Stephens, the 
 Seeretary of tlie Admiralty, a letter wliieh deseribes the 
 nature of his duties very adequately, and is (juite 
 typieal of numerous others on the same subjeet which 
 followed during the next four years : 
 
 • Sir. 
 
 • \'ou will please to acquaint my Lords Conmiis- 
 ' sioners of the Admiralty that on the 2(>th Feby. off 
 
 • Bud's Hay at \) a.m. I saw a Lugger, at anchor under 
 ' the Land, and ga\e Chase, — slie was at least f^^'e miles 
 
 • in the winds Eye of us, and at half past one I was 
 ' alongside of lier, — She proved to be tlie Sj)CC(hvc/l 
 
 • Lugger. i)elonging to St. ^Vustels, One Hundred Tons 
 ' burthen, pierced for sixteen (iuns, and had in her 
 ' Hold fourteen four pounders, — The last of her cargo, 
 
 • was landing as we gave Chase to her, — She had 
 ' Twenty two men on board, and was esteemed the 
 ' fastest sailer out of (4uernsey. While in Chase 1 saw 
 'another under the Land, and as soon as possible gave 
 
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 ' cluise to her, and came up fast, but uioht coming on, 
 ' I thought it best to anchor in Cloudy lioad. in hopes 
 ' of seeino- her in tlie morning", but as a oale of wind 
 ' came on at E.S.E. I was obhged to Shp and Run. 
 
 A month later, in April 1785, we read : 
 
 ' About 9 o'clock a.m. off'St. I\es, 1 saw a lui>"i>er, yave 
 ' chase and about 11 o'clock, took her. She proved to be 
 ' the Porthoid belonging to Cawsand, biu'then about 4(3 
 ' tons, laden with Hrandy, Rum aiid (ieneva about 837 
 ' kegs. Just as I had taken her. His Majesty's cutter 
 ' Spick')- , IJeut. Rook, hove in sight, the lugger proving 
 ' very leaky, I took all the kegs out of her.' 
 
 Tyler, it may be mentioned, was really commodore 
 of a little fleet at Milford ; the cutter abo\'e mentioned, 
 the Spider, was under his orders, as well as the flj)C}\ 
 Lieutenant Grymes, which was also on the INlilford 
 station. 
 
 It is unnecessary, perhaps, to follow Tyler at great 
 length in his harrying of the smugglers, but there is 
 frequent mention of his enterprise and success. In 
 November of 178.5 he fell in with and took the DolpJiiii 
 lugger off the I^izard with two hundred ankers of 
 spirits and brought her into Milford. His early efforts, 
 indeed, seem to have cleared the seas of these gentry for 
 a time, or at least made them more circumspect in their 
 outgoings and incomings, for a year passed without 
 record of a capture. In March, howe\'er, of 1787, while 
 cruising off Padstow, Tyler swooped down upon the 
 Di(un()}id sloop out of Guernsey, with five hundred 
 ankers of spirits. He sent the prize to INIilford with his 
 master and four hands in charge, and his lieutenant to 
 chase her boat, ' and having parted company with them 
 in the night and it coming on to blow a cry hard on 
 the morrow, I bore up for Milford.' It is satisfactory
 
 ADiMIRAL TYLER 
 
 to learn that he arrived safely at ^Vppledore with tlie 
 prizes. 
 
 This question of prizes had a great interest for 
 connnanders of llexenue vessels and tlieir erews. as 
 with o'ood fortune, their value when condemned and 
 sold formed a welcome addition to their pay. After 
 1744. prizes taken in war became tlie absolute property 
 of tlie officers and crew of ships making the capture, 
 among whom the proceeds were di\ ided in recognised 
 proportions. This rule applied even to Kings ships 
 captured })y the enemy, and retaken. 15ut the regula- 
 tions with regard to captured smugglers were less 
 advantageous to the captors. The latter came into 
 direct dealings with the Custom House, who naturally 
 recouped the Hevcmie by the amount of the duty on 
 the contraband, which was a large proportion of its 
 value, thus the value of the vessel itself constituted the 
 chief, if not the only, share of the officers and crew 
 concerned. It would seem also from a correspondence 
 between Tyler and the Admiralty that if the captured 
 lugger or cutter was taken into the national service as a 
 King's ship, which was often the case, the captors only 
 got a half of her value, the Admiralty exacting the 
 uttermost farthing in the matter of the expense of con- 
 denmation. and in the care of the prize until she was 
 taken over. Thus Tyler and his crew were not much 
 enriched in their efforts in securing the Spccdx^cll cutter, 
 already mentioned, and which was taken nwv bv the 
 Goverimient. 
 
 There were in addition consi(lera})le risks for the 
 captain in making the seizure. 'IMicse were set out in a 
 comnumication from the Custom House to commanders 
 of vessels employed on Revenue work in \'i^i\, clearly 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 defining the circmnstances in wliicli commanders might 
 act against snuigglers with legal safety ^md also the 
 penalties to which they were liable for non-observance 
 of the same. Wg have seen that in 1785 Tyler took the 
 Dolph'nt lugger off the Lizard, and later in the same 
 year we find him in correspondence with the Custom 
 House on the subject. She would appear to liave been 
 condemned and apprised at the value of 428/. Her 
 owner, however, contended that the seizure was illegal 
 as having taken place outside the legal limits of twelve 
 miles from the land, and elected to stand an action of 
 law in which he appeared as defendant to Tyler's claim 
 in the matter. 
 
 Tyler at first had hopes that Mr. Clugas, the 
 defendant, would withdraw upon learning tluit lie had 
 to deposit 100/. 'to answer the costs incurred in the 
 cause, provided the vessel and cargo were condenmed.' 
 but INIr. Clugas duly produced the money and stood the 
 action. We are not given any details of the trial, but 
 from a rather anxious correspondence Tyler maintained 
 with the Custom House, we gather that the result 
 depended upon his producing respectable witnesses to 
 prove ' that wlien first discovered the vessel was hovering 
 within four leagues of the shore and not proceeding on 
 her \ oyage, and that she was in such a position at her first 
 discovery, before the chase and the firing began." Tyler's 
 own account would seem to put the point beyond 
 doubt, and is quite suggestive as to the occupation 
 of her master. • 
 
 'At T) on that morning (Nov. 1), 178.5) I discovered 
 ' her standing directly in for land with the wind from 
 'E. to E.S.E. She steered at \. and by E. wliich 
 ' course carry 'd us into Mount's Hay. After hoisting 
 
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 ADMIKAI. TYLER 
 
 • our colours and making sail, we fired 20 sliot at her, 
 
 • the last of which went tlirough her. She then lowered 
 •down her sails. The Lizard bore K.X.E. of us three 
 
 • leagues, St. Michaefs Mount X. about four leagues. 
 
 • She Iiad on board about 200 ankers of spirits all ready 
 ' shujg for sinking. She had eight men on board and 
 
 • only a few pounds of bread, and four 4-lb. pieces of 
 •beef 'I'he officer who boarded lier was offered 15 
 
 • guineas by the master of the DolpliDi if he would suffer 
 
 • him to throw his cargo overboai'd. and repeated his 
 
 • offer wlien he came on board the Trimmer. All 
 
 • this I hope to prove by four respectable witnesses 
 'viz.: ^Ir. .John Birch, Master; ^Ir. Pym Attwood, 
 •(iunner: and .John Birdwood, jNlate.' 
 
 Tyl^i' ^'^"i'^ anxious to know from the Custom House 
 officials what his chances w^ere of gaining the action. He 
 was informed that it would depend upon the credibility 
 of his witnesses, and upon his being able to produce 
 them in London on a given day — no easy matter for 
 a captain whose duties required his almost daily presence 
 at the cruising ground. He stood also as it would seem 
 •a riskque of 100/.' in case of the failure of the 
 action. 
 
 We judge tliat the action ended in a compromise 
 from a letter addressed t(^ Tyler from tlie ^Vdmiralty. 
 '['he cargo at least was delivered to the defendant 
 upon his engaging to pay the costs of the action, and 
 to •make a compensation to Commander Tyler.' This 
 took the form of .30/.. a sum wiiich represented little 
 profit either for captain or crew of the Trimmer. 
 
 Tyler's letter, books, and orders during his command 
 of that vessel suggest as busy a life as could })c wislied, 
 and an efficiency in administration at the Admiralty 
 which is certainly worthy of all imitation in certain 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 other public offices in these later days. That adminis- 
 tration was a good deal centralised, but it maintained an 
 all-seeing eye over the operations of its young officers 
 which was without doubt to their benefit, and helped to 
 make them the capable administrators and disciplinarians 
 which English naval officers in those days undoubtedly 
 were. Tyler, for example, must send a monthly journal 
 of his proceedings to the Admiralty, together with the 
 state and condition of his ship, and there was an inevit- 
 able encpiiry as to its absence upon the few occasions 
 wiien he failed in punctuality. Thus we find him 
 explaining, in answer to a mild reprimand in 178G. ' my 
 journal was made out at the end of the month, but I 
 apprehend that the man whom I sent to carry it to the 
 I'ost Office had dropt it, and afterwards been afraid to 
 acquaint me therewith." 
 
 There is the usual struggle for stores, which is main- 
 tained perpetually between the administrative and the 
 active branches of the services apparent in all these 
 quaint records of* a century and a quarter ago. If the 
 Trinniicr lost a few fathoms of cable in slipping her 
 anchors to escape some outrageous storm, the passage 
 from the log describing the circumstances must be sent 
 to the Commissioners before Tyler is credited with the 
 loss. A mainsail is split m a squall, 'the flocks of my 
 best anchor ' are lost in weighing in ^Vaterford 
 Harbour ; the surgeon's chest of instruments merits 
 renewal. ' A (piantity of sliij) cloaks and bedding are 
 eaten by rats," and full particulars vouched by the 
 master, carpenter, or purser nuist go to headquarters 
 before the matters can be regulated, or the Connnander 
 indemnified for their renewal. The Admiralty dij- 
 honoured a draft of Tyler's for 4/. Uh. and debited his 
 
 •2G
 
 ADiMIRAT. TVLKR 
 
 account with tliat siiin, because it was not in liis own 
 handwriting, and his certificate tor pay was never passed 
 until the most minute account was exacted of all the 
 expenditure incurred over tiie period for which it was 
 due. 
 
 Tyler passed six years altogether in this service, and 
 we have little doiiht that the training and responsibility 
 were good for him. The navigation of those stormy 
 seas in all weathers of a small vessel certainly made him 
 an efficient seaman, and there are occasional glimpses in 
 his correspondence of a firm but equable disciplinarian, 
 orders and reprimands to his officers, reports of serious 
 cases to his superiors for C'ourts-martiah and wliat not. 
 Occasionally his duties were \aried by orders to take 
 the Trimmer round to Plymouth or Spithead to be 
 overhauled ; or he nuist go to ^Vppledore * to recei\ e on 
 board Mr. Cleveland of Taply,' the local Member of 
 Parliament, ' and his ser\ ants, give them passage to the 
 Island of Lundy, and wiien Mr. Cleveland is ready to 
 return recei\ e liim and his ser^ ants on board again and 
 carry them to the place from whence you took them, 
 and luu'ino- their landed them, retm-n without a 
 moments loss of time to your station, and put your 
 former orders into execution.' There were portentous 
 orders as to the ceremonies to be observed when an 
 illustrious personage like an Austrian Grand Duke or 
 tlie Prince of Wales visited the fleet and dockyards, and 
 tlie Trimmer was to take her place in the spectacle. 
 And, lastly, if the Commanders of His Majesty's siiips 
 should at any time lack occupation, they were enjoined 
 to acquire exhaustive particulars of every port, British 
 or foreign, at wliicli their ships touched, particulars of 
 anchorages, facilities for lantling troops, for ol)taining 
 
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 MEIMOIRS OF 
 
 wine, wood or water, details of currents, exposure to 
 prevailing winds, of fortification, and of a hundred other 
 matters. We learn, too, that a fund for providing for 
 widows and orphans of sailors who had heen killed in 
 action was maintained by the strange method of bearing 
 upon a ship's book for pay certain ghostly individuals 
 known as * widows' men.' All Commanders were 
 enjoined to enter for the receipt of pay, ' but not for 
 victuals,' two able seamen for every hundred or part of 
 a hundred of her complement ; the simi thus raised 
 going to the fund for the maintenance of tlie widows 
 and orphans. 
 
 The following letter gives a suggestion of part of 
 Tyler's duty which was possibly less pleasant tiian 
 others : 
 
 ' Trimmer, King's Road, 
 
 ' September »'30th. 1787. 
 ' Sir, 
 
 ' You will please to acquaint my Lords Commis- 
 
 • sioners of the Admiralty I received their orders from 
 ' my Lord Hood the 25th inst. to proceed here and raise 
 ' men. Not finding H.^LS. Hjiciki here, I immediately 
 ' began pressing all the men I found on board the ships 
 ' ready for sea to the number of thirty. I shall send 
 ' the Pilot 15()at and our own to Chepstow to-night, 
 ' where I am informed there are a number of men. 
 
 * The alarm has spread through Bristol, so that nothing 
 ' can be done there. . . .' 
 
 Here we see the pressgang at work, thougii in time 
 of peace, and we learn that by this means I'yler raised 
 the company of his own vessel from se^'enty to ninety 
 men, and despatched sixty-five others to the naval 
 authorities at Portsmouth. 
 
 Tyl^i''^ conmiission as commander of the Trimmer 
 
 28
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 came to an end in Mareli of 1781), by whicli time he liad 
 eompleted the full six years of revenue work which he 
 began on board the Qi/ccn. It would appear that he 
 had taken no leave during the whole of the four-and-a- 
 half years he had spent on the JNIilford station. Rut 
 this dilioeiice doubtless had its reward, and there is a 
 letter from Lord Howe among Tyler's private papers 
 wiiich goes to show that the zeal of the capable young 
 officer at Milford liad not passed unnoticed in high 
 places : 
 
 ' Admiralty Office. 
 
 ' 28th September, 1785. 
 
 • Sir. 
 
 ' Though the leave you have requested could not be 
 
 • consistently granted. I am desirous that the motives for 
 
 • the refusal sliould not be misunderstood. I therefore 
 
 • trouble you with this letter to assure you that your 
 
 • commendable conduct has not passed unnoticed since 
 ' you were appointed to the Tninincr by 
 
 • Sir, your sincere humble servant. 
 
 ' Howe.' 
 
 Tyler seems to have left the Triitnucr with a view to 
 getting promotion in his profession, and to have taken 
 the step at the private suggestion of some of the officials 
 at the Admiralty. In the autumn of 1788. in a letter 
 marked -most secret/ Mr. J. Leveson Gower wrote to 
 him tliat Captain Manley, of the Fairji sloop, had a great 
 dislike to the East Coast Station, and suggesting that 
 Tyler shoidd persuade Manley to change commands. 
 
 • I can then.' says Leveson Gower, * put him into a 
 
 • situation that will give you a good chance of getting 
 ' post provided you have not any objection of going 
 ' a southward voyage, but my name must not be made 
 ■ use of in any manner on this occasion.' 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 It is true that tliis scheme came to nothing", for two 
 days later Gower wrote to say — 
 
 ' by a conversation I Imve had with Lord Chatham 
 * I find he will not approve of yom* doing so. . . . At the 
 ' same time (between you and I only) I>ord Chatham from 
 ' the manner in wliich he talked about you seemed very 
 ' much inclined to offer some mark of favour, which I 
 ' sincerely hope will soon be shown to you.' 
 
 The mark of favour was lono- in comino-, and we 
 think it probable that Tyler resigned his command of 
 the Trimmer of liis own motion, in tlie hope of getting 
 a more important appointment in the stirring times 
 whicli shrewd men were able to foresee in 1789. 
 Certainly he was unemployed for tlie nine months 
 between March of 1789 and May of the following year. 
 Another reason for the step was doubtless a desire for 
 rest, and for the domestic deliglits of liis own fireside. 
 For Tyler had managed, during the scanty leisure 
 which his duties allowed liim on shore, to find two 
 ladies in succession willing to share his fortunes. As a 
 young man he liad married a Mrs. Pike, daughter of 
 Surgeon Charles Rice, of the Royal Navy, and widow 
 of Captain Pike, of the same service. The union was a 
 short one, for this lady died in 1784, leaving a son 
 Charles, who was born on April l.'Jth of that year. His 
 second wife was a daughter of Abraham Leach, Esq., of 
 Corston in Pembrokeshire, and it was doubtless durino- 
 his periodical sojournings ashore at Milford that he had 
 the good fortune to meet one who, as his subsequent 
 letters prove, never failed to be his greatest comfort and 
 support in the strenuous career that lay before him. In 
 any case the register of St. Mary's Parish Church at 
 Pembroke contains the following entry :
 
 iSL^ 'TT'ZC-T't.CCl-^LiA.e.K
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 ' Charles Tyler, Esq., married to Margaret Leaeh at 
 
 * St. Marys Cluircli. Pembroke, the 2.5th. day of 
 
 * November 1788.' 
 
 By this lady Tyler liad a son, (ieorge, born four 
 years later ; another son. Roper, and four daughters. 
 
 We may here leave Tyler at the age of twenty -eight, 
 a commander on half- pay, waiting for a ship which 
 siiould give his energies a wider field than the waters of 
 the British Channel. 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 CHAPTER 11. 
 
 1790-1795. 
 
 TYLER'S next commission came on May IGtli. 
 1790. when he was appointed to tlie com- 
 mand of* the Tisiphoue, a fireship manned with 
 a crew of fifty-five and attached to the Channel Fleet. 
 We have no details of liis service on board this vessel, 
 except an order from \^ice-Admiral King requiring 
 him 'to impress all seamen, seafaring men, and persons 
 whose occupations and calling are with vessels and 
 boats upon rivers." This work, however, was not pro- 
 longed, and we may consider the command as merely 
 a step to a higher rank and a more important appoint- 
 ment. This duly came, when after six months on the 
 Tisiphoue, on September 21st, 1790, at the age of thirty, 
 he attained Post rank, and took command of the Maid- 
 stone frigate, attached to the Channel Fleet. This 
 appointment again seems to have served only as a 
 means of registering Tyler as a Captain on the Active 
 I^ist, for he received his discharge from that vessel in 
 December of the same year, being placed upon half-pay. 
 The commands of the Tisiphoue and the 3Iaidsfoue, 
 short as they had been, served ne^ ertheless to lift Tyler 
 out of the drudgeries of the Revenue Service, and had 
 enabled him to take his place in one of the most 
 important divisions of the fighting forces of the Crown. 
 He was apparently on the half-pay list for a little more 
 than two years, and it seems plausible to think of him 
 
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 ADMIRAL TVI.Ell 
 
 at home during that period, at the end of wliieh his 
 eldest son, George Tyler, was born. In ^lareh 1793 
 he was appointed to the command of the Melcd^er 
 frigate of thirty-two guns, attached to Lord Hood's 
 fleet in the Mediterranean. 
 
 The despatch of the naval force under Hood was 
 one of the first operations in that momentous struggle 
 with revolutionary France wliich England maintained 
 for a period oT twenty-one years, except during the 
 sliort-lived truce which followed the Peace of Amiens 
 in 1802. That war found opportunities for distinction 
 for many of the ablest of English seamen, to whom it 
 brought the chance of their lives. We shall see Tyler 
 engaged in the skirmishes in the Mediterranean, in the 
 cojnmand of a succession of vessels, and almost con- 
 stantly afloat during the next nine years, and finally 
 taking no inconsiderable share in the action ofF Cape 
 Trafalgar which effectively decided the mastery of the 
 sea. 
 
 The origin of that great struggle is well remem- 
 bered. As early as the spring of 1792, it was obvious 
 that the destinies of France had passed into the keeping 
 of men who must shortly be at issue with any system of 
 regular government. By that year King Louis was a 
 prisoner in the hands of the National Convention, which 
 had assumed the reins of government and posed as the 
 declared foe of any nation professing adiierence to a 
 monarchical system. That enterprising body had also 
 opened hostilities with Austria, which were followed in 
 September by war with the King of Sardinia, a war 
 which first brought naval operations into tlie contest. 
 Before the month was out, a French squadron of nine 
 sail of the line under Admiral Truguet, conveying a 
 
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 stroiifif' body of troops, supported the French army which 
 had ah-eady entered the Savoy territory, and in a few- 
 weeks had possessed itself of Xice, Montalban, ViUa 
 Franca, and the port of Onegha. 
 
 Enghmd had so far observed a strict neutrahty, 
 which, however, could scarcely be said of the French. 
 There was steadily growing* in France a spirit of hostility 
 wliich was manifested in a variety of ways, covert 
 and oxert. French agents were busy in England 
 trying to stir up discontent against the Government 
 and the JMonarchy, attempts were made to tamper 
 with the loyalty of the army and navy, while general 
 offers were made of the sympathy and help of the 
 Republicans to ' all people struggling to be free.' 
 The temper of that nation, howe\er, was not displayed 
 alone in these obliging hints of the benefits to be gained 
 by accepting its countenance and alliance. EarJy in 
 January of 1793, Captain Barlow in the sloop C/iilde?s, 
 while standing in 15rest Harbour, was fired upon by one 
 of the batteries which then guarded the entrance. The 
 Captain, thinking his nationality had been mistaken, 
 hoisted his ensign. The commander of the battery 
 thereupon ran up the tricolor witli a red pennant, 
 and signalled to another battery on the other side of 
 the entrance. Both of these brought their guns to 
 bear upon tlie CliUdcr.s at a comparatively short range ; 
 sue was hulled once by a 48-pounder sliot, but was 
 fortunately enabled to escape with tlie aid of a land 
 breeze whicli sprung up and helped her to make an 
 offing. 
 
 A few weeks later, viz., on tlie 24th of the month, 
 England was horrified by tlie news that the French had 
 beheaded their King. Chauvelin, the French Ambas- 
 
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 ADMIKAI. TYI.ER 
 
 sador at St. James's, as representing a regicide govern- 
 ment, was ordered to quit the country, and although 
 Pitt made no dechu-ation, it was felt that war could not 
 be far distant. The point was set at rest by the French 
 within a week. ^Vith an enterprise and audacity which 
 even to-day seems almost phenomenal, the Republic, 
 M'itli the Austrian, Prussian, and Savoy hostilities 
 already on their hands, lightly declared war against 
 the greatest maritime power in the world, also against 
 Holland, which had a na^'al force of no mean dimensions 
 at her disposal, and commenced operations by seizing- 
 seventy British merchantmen then lying idle in French 
 ports. AVithin a few months Spain, Portugal, and the 
 Sicilian kingdoms were added to France's enemies. 
 
 Careful naval historians, like JNIr. James and others 
 who have followed him, enable us to iudsfe with 
 reasonable accuracy of the naval forces thus brought 
 into opposition. England in 1793 had an effective 
 force of 115 ships of the line, against 70 of France. 
 This comparison on the face of it would give an 
 overwhelming preponderance to l^ritain, but it is mis- 
 leading in some important points. Speaking generally 
 the French vessels were of greater power and more 
 heavily armed than the British. Xo British vessel, for 
 example, carried more than 100 guns, Avhile the French 
 possessed eight mounting 110 to 120. Then again the 
 French line contained no vessel mounting less than 74 
 guns, while a fourth of the British was composed of 
 ()4-gun ships. If, as seems fair, the number of guns 
 and the weight of their broadsides are to be accepted 
 as factors in determining the naval strength of the two 
 countries, we find the British fleet mounted 8718 
 cannon throwing an aggregate weight of metal of 
 
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 88,957 lbs., against the French 6002 guns, throwing 
 73,957 lbs. of the same. 
 
 Of England's allies, Holland possessed a nominal 
 navy of 49 ships of the line, but they were relatively 
 small vessels suitable for manoeuvring in the shallow 
 waters of the Xetlierland coast, and lightly armed, 
 ships that would rank as little better than frigates in 
 other navies. 
 
 The Spanish navy included 76 ships of the line, 
 56 of which were in commission, besides a numerous 
 fleet of cruisers. She professed to join the Allies witli 
 an effective fleet of 60 sail, large and small, but, as 
 we know% her help was delusive, and like Holland she 
 eventually ranged herself on the side of Republican 
 France. 
 
 Portugal, with that loyalty w^hich has become a 
 tradition and is so highly appreciated in this country 
 to-day, brought a small but eflicient fleet of six sail of 
 the line, partly commanded by P^nglishmen, to the 
 Alliance, and kept them there through good and evil 
 fortune. The list of the Allied naval forces is completed 
 by four flne 74's furnished by the King of the tw^o 
 Sicilies and placed at the disposal of the British 
 Admiral in the Mediterranean. Of frigates of 28 guns 
 and upwards Britain possessed 114, and France 80. 
 
 At the beginning of hostilities the French fleet was 
 distributed among her naval ports, at Brest, L'Orient, 
 and Rochefort on the Atlantic, and at Toulon in the 
 oNIediterranean. There w^ere 49 ships of the line at 
 Brest or L'Orient, 13 at Rochefort, and 24 at Toulon, 
 frigates beijig distributed in mucli tlie same ratio. 
 
 One of tlie flrst acts of the Admiralty in the w^ar was 
 the dispatch of a squadron to the JNlediterranean as a 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYI.EU 
 
 counterpoise to the French fleet known to be lyino- at 
 Toulon. Hood was given the command of the INJedi- 
 terranean station, but the fleet was dispatched in 
 divisions as soon as they could be got ready under 
 subordinate commanders. Thus, early in April, Rear- 
 Admiral Gell sailed from Spithead with two line of 
 battle ships. On the 15th Gell was followed by A^ice- 
 Admiral Crosby with Ave others, besides frigates. On 
 JNlay 11th Tylers old friend Hotham sailed with the 
 third division of Ave line of battle ships and two 
 frigates, one of these being the 31eleager ; Hood himself, 
 with seven sail of the line and numerous frigates, follow^ed 
 on JNIay 22nd, and assumed command of the 
 whole fleet, which with vessels already in the JNIedi- 
 terranean now amounted to 21 sail of the line with a 
 due propoi'tion of frigates and sloops. The French had 
 17 sail of the line in Toulon Harbour ready for sea. 
 Hood's fleet contained some notable officers besides 
 those mentioned. Hyde Parker was rear-admiral with 
 Hood on the Victory ; Tyl^i' •'' ^1^ captain, JNIorice Pole, 
 commanded the Colossus, and Captain Horatio Xelson 
 the Aganicnniou. 
 
 Arrived off" Toulon we And that Tyler in the 
 Mclcager was despatched in search of the Bcri^'ich', 74, 
 which had failed to join the fleet. AVe read of him as 
 off* \^entimigiia early in August, later at Port Mahon 
 and at iNIajorca on the same errand, but he eventually 
 returned to Toulon w^ithout tidings of the missing vessel. 
 
 The situation at Toulon was a peculiar one. The 
 majority of the inhabitants were Loyalists, and were 
 willing, if able, to hold out against the Republicans ; 
 they were, however, in great danger, as in August the 
 Republican General Carteau had taken JNIarseilles, and 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 was preparing to advance on Toulon. The town was 
 also threatened from the east by the army of Italy under 
 (Teneral Lapoype. The French fleet was under the 
 command of Admiral the Comte de Trogoif', a staunch 
 Loyalist, and, so far as he was concerned, there was 
 little danger of any opposition from the naval forces at 
 Toulon. On the other hand, his second in command, 
 liear-Admiral St. Julien, was a Republican, and the 
 majority of the seamen held the same views, as was 
 clear a little later, when they deposed De Trogoff and 
 elevated St. Julien to his command. In the town itself 
 there was also a small but active minority of Republicans. 
 Hood from the first encountered many and great 
 difficulties. He had a long line of posts encircling the 
 town to hold with a totally insufficient force, which was 
 constantly being pressed at all points by an increasing 
 army of Republicans eventually reaching the number 
 of 50,000 men. Some 5000 seamen of the French 
 fleet became tm-bulent, and he found it necessary to 
 deport these under flags of truce to various ports of 
 the ^Vtlantic coast of France. This reduced his fleet 
 very seriously, and the Spanish Admiral Langara chose 
 the moment to suggest that a Spanish General, A^'aldez, 
 who had arrived to take the place of Admiral Gra\ina, 
 should assume the position of ' Commander-in-Chief to 
 the combined forces at Toulon,' and, on pretence of 
 shifting his berths, he had the insolence to lay his own 
 three-decker alongside and two other three-deckers on 
 the bow^ and quarter of the J^ictorij, Hood's own flag- 
 ship, by way of enforcing his demand. Hood, though 
 much weakened by the despatch of the squadrons men- 
 tioned, stood firm, and refused absolutely to entertain 
 the proposal, which was not repeated. Continuous 
 
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 figliting thinned his ranks, and, at the end of October, 
 counting all reinforcements, he could muster little more 
 than 12,000 men on duty, including only 2000 British 
 under the Brigadier, Lord Mulgrave, hut including 
 also 5000 imreliable Spaniards and 4000 Neapolitans. 
 This force, as we saw, was opposed by an army of 
 ,50,000 Republicans containing numbers of local troops 
 familiar with the topography of the place, and a mili- 
 tary genius of the first rank in a young lieutenant of 
 Artillery, Napoleon Buonaparte, who was first to attract 
 notice in these very operations by his able disposition of 
 certain batteries imder his cliarge. 
 
 These operations need not be described at length, 
 but certain incidents interest us as showing Tyler 
 earning distinction by his able discharge of difficult 
 duties asliore. By the middle of September the invest- 
 ment of the town by the Republican forces had become 
 closer, and their works were gradually advanced from 
 the westward so as to threaten seriously the Allied 
 position. Hood, Mulgrave, and the Spanish commander 
 now agreed that offensive operations were necessary to 
 tlie retention of the place, and one effort, which, for the 
 time, was quite successful, v/as decided upon, in order to 
 clear the heights of De Grasse of the enemy, where five 
 of their batteries threatened the position of the defenders. 
 It was in these operations that Tyler's services attracted 
 notice, and we can do no better than quote an extract 
 from Mulgrave's despatch recording them. The Briga- 
 dier wrote to the Government on April 2()tli as follows: 
 
 ' This attempt of the enemy serving to convince the 
 ' Spanish and French Officers of the necessity of occu- 
 ' pyiiig the advanced position at the western extremity of 
 • the Hauteur de (irasse, a Spanish Colonel was sent at 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 ' daybreak to take possession of it. I went with T^ord 
 ' Hood and Admiral Gravina to trace out the line of 
 ' instruments and to place a battery of 23-pounders on a 
 ' spot which commands every point within their range. 
 ' This post completely covers the outer roadstead ; the 
 ' two knolls in the rear of it being occupied by small 
 ' detachments, to communicate with the landing-place 
 ' at Fort 15alaguier. A reinforcement of 100 Spaniards 
 ' from the ships, and of 80 British marines, who had 
 • been posted at I^es Sablettes to cover the Naval 
 ' Hospital, M'liich is protected now by the occupation of 
 ' the Hauteur de Grasse, renders that post sufficiently 
 ' strong to resist any future attempts the enemy can 
 ' make on that side. It is owincj to the active zeal and 
 ' great exertions of Captain Charles Tyler, and T^ieu- 
 ' tenants Serecold and Brisbane, of the na^^^ with tlie 
 ' seamen under their command, that heavy cannon have 
 ' been dragged, witli infinite labour and extraordinary 
 ' expedition, up a very steep ascent, and that this most 
 ' important post has been put, in a short time, into 
 ' a state of defence.' 
 
 In a former chapter we glanced at the captains under 
 whom Tyler served as a youth, and whose teaching and 
 example in their common profession it seems proper to 
 take into account as among the influences which went 
 to form his character both as a man and as a sailor. 
 Here it is interesting to consider him in the capacity of 
 mentor, and as passing on the tradition of zeal and 
 efficiency which he had learned in the school we have 
 mentioned, to a group of juniors who surrounded him in 
 the Mclc(igc}\ and who, later, had distinguished careers. 
 Charles Brisbane, afterwards Sir Charles, was one of 
 Tyler's officers ; Sir Thomas JNIasterman Hardy was 
 another ; George X. Hardinge was a midshipman on the 
 Mclcagcr, and followed Tyler in his next command, the 
 
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 San Fiorcuzo ; and lastly, \\ alter Serecold, the gallant 
 young sailor, who met with an early and glorious death 
 at Rastia a few months later, was a lieutenant aboard 
 tlie same ship. 
 
 It would seem only fair to give Captain Tyler some 
 credit for the ability which these young fellows after- 
 wards displayed in their profession, and to consider the 
 little 3Ic/e(i/iicr under his command as a school of sea- 
 manship which was justified of her children. It is 
 certainly doubtful if any ship of her size ever turned out 
 a more capable group of officers from among her junior 
 ranks. Of these young men, George Xicliolas Hardinge 
 perhaps interests us most, both on account of the 
 brilliance of his short career, and also because Tyler's 
 share in forming his character appears very clearly in 
 the record of young Hardinge's strenuous life. He was 
 the son of a Surrey vicar, the Rev. Harvey Hardinge, 
 and, being destined for the law, was educated by his 
 uncle, George Hardinge. who, as Attorney-General and 
 Justice of Glamorgan, Rrecon. and Radnor, was in a 
 position to give the boy a fair start in life. Young 
 George, however, seems to have possessed a very inde- 
 pendent spirit from the first, and early made it clear that 
 he had other views. ' At the age of eleven,' wrote his 
 L'ncle George, * he took up and possessed a most violent 
 impulse to the sea.' It seems that Admiral Sir J. Rorlase 
 Warren had seen the boy while on a visit to Eton, and 
 had fired his imagination by the remark that ' he was 
 much better educated for a naval hero than a lawyer.' 
 
 His father and uncle seem to have accepted the lad's 
 decision without any useless opposition, though there is 
 a strain of regret in the rather plaintive sentences in 
 which his uncle records the boy's masterful character : 
 
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 INIEMOIRS OF 
 
 ' His countenance was uncommonly })eautiful, and his 
 
 * manners, thougli undisciplined, were so prepossessing 
 ' that he was perliaps too general a favorite. He was 
 ' liowever too ungovernable, and was too much his own 
 
 * master, and his uncle has confessed that he loved him 
 ' in tliose days not wisely but too well/ 
 
 It is in that same memoir of his nephew by Judge 
 Hardinge that we learn of the boy's being placed under 
 Captain Tyler on the Mclcii^cr through the influence of 
 old Lady Dacre and Lord Camden, as we judge, and we 
 get a slight but convincing character of Tyler at the 
 same time. 
 
 ' He became in 1793,' says Judge Hardinge, a 
 ' midshipman on board the Mclca^cr, Captain Charles 
 ' 'J'yler, now Kear Admiral of that name, an officer as 
 ' nuich revered and beloved as the naval service could 
 ' ever boast, a man of perfect honour and of tlie most 
 ' engaging manners, who combined in his character the 
 ' hero and the gentleman.' 
 
 It was to the animating and graceful example, as well 
 as the parental solicitude of his Captain, tliat his relations 
 have ascribed the wonderful change which five years 
 produced in the colour and stamp of his mind. 
 
 This spoilt boy chafed at first, as was indeed natural, 
 at tlie discipline on board tlie Mclcdgrr ; lie was peevish 
 and homesick, and ' wished himself less controlled.' 
 Hut when this fugitive impression was obliterated from 
 his mind, by the affectionate though firm conduct of 
 his naval parent, and when that mind began to explore 
 its own powers, it became distinguished not by courage 
 alone, but even by talent. I remember that he said at 
 an early period : 
 
 * I had rather serve under an admiral or a captain 
 ' of a marked character, than mnke a fortune early or 
 
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 ' late ill tlic c'oininon routine. I have an ambition 
 ' to see great abilities near nie in hopes to improve 
 ' myself by observing them.' 
 
 \Ve see the influence of Tyler's Avise and firm 
 management working upon liis independent spirit in 
 another extract of Judge Hardinge's memoir : 
 
 ' One of his relations said, " You hate all study and 
 " you love to have your own way ; how comes it that 
 " you have chosen the sea when if you don't study and if 
 "you don't give up your will to your superiors, you will 
 " make no figure and will be disgraced." •* I hate all 
 " study at school," replied the boy, "and would never 
 " have learned anything if I had not been to Eton, 
 *• but if 1 must read and must be governed at sea to be 
 " a good officer, I will read and I will be governed.'" ' 
 
 Young Hardinge was with Tyler through all the 
 operations at Toulon which we have noticed, and we 
 learn from the memoir that it was the Mclcdger which 
 first sailed into the harbour. He remained too with his 
 Captain through three subsequent commands, the San 
 Fiorc/izo, Diadem, and UAi^lc, and shared the ex- 
 perience of tlie operations at Corsica, the hght between 
 Hotham and Martin in the Mediterranean, in the 
 cruisings and loss of the L'Aigle, the accounts of all of 
 wliich we somewhat anticipate by examining the boy's 
 career at this point. 
 
 ' In Corsica,' says the memoir, * the services of Cap- 
 ' tain Tyler were so distinguished, that when La Mificrrc, 
 * a 4()-gun frigate, had been sunk, and chiefly by his 
 ' exertions had been weighed up again, the conmiand of 
 ' her was given to him. She acquired the name of 
 ' San Fiorcnzo. To that newly acquired vessel the mid- 
 ' shipman was transferred. He was doomed in his 27th 
 ' year to fall as commander of that identical frigate, and 
 
 in a glorious conflict.' 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 Hardinge was fourteen years of age during the year 
 of the operations at San Fiorenzo, and he wrote home to 
 his uncle a letter describing his experiences, which is a 
 masterful production for a youth of such tender years. 
 This letter was handed about among the friends of 
 the family at home, and attracted the warm admiration, 
 among others, of the great Mr. Pitt. 
 
 ' Lord Hood is now gone to take Fiorenzo ; and the 
 ' army, with the help of the sailors from the Fortitude, 
 ' have got the heights, as I will explain to you. There 
 ' was but one place to land the troops, where there was 
 ' a little tower with two guns which kept the boats from 
 ' landing. 15ut some jolly tars scaled the rocks, and 
 ' with tlie help of the davit they got two guns upon 
 ' a hill behind the tower and tired down upon it. At 
 ' last the tower was forced to surrender, and the landing 
 ' of the troops was effected : so soon as they got forts 
 ' upon the heights, and fired into the town the inhabi- 
 ' tants were obliged to evacuate it, and left their colours 
 ' flying on the forts. The two frigates ran close to the 
 ' shore ; one of them we sunk, and the other tliey 
 ' burnt. We were ordered to join tlie St. George — 
 ' Admiral Parker has hoisted his flag, and Admiral Gell 
 'has gone home in a very bad state of healtli. Captain 
 ' Tyler volunteered to get the frigate up again which we 
 ' had simk, and succeeded. He is to have her. Slie is 
 'a 4()-gun frigate, and her guns are 18-pounders. Her 
 'name is changed to the St. Fiorenzo. She was before 
 ' called 3Iinerv(i. 
 
 ' \Ve are now cruising off Toidon, and luue taken 
 ' a prize going in. Captain Cockburn commands the 
 ' Meledger at present. Savage and myself will join 
 ' Captain Tyler as fast as we possibly can. W^e are now 
 ' expected to be relieved by the BritannicL and a fresh 
 ' squadron. The Admiral ordered us to look into Toulon, 
 ' and see what sliips are remaining there ; we went in, 
 
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 and saw seven line-of'-battle ships, and tln-ee fri<>{itcs. 
 1 daily <rjiin promotion ; 1 am at present mate ot a 
 watch, can take an obser\'ation, and work it, and tell 
 what latitnde we are in. 
 
 ' Lord Hood has attempted to take 15astia M'itli a 
 few marines and sailors. The army have refused to go. 
 My Lord Hood begged, prayed, and ordered in vain. 
 For what reason they refused, (lod knows. Everyone 
 is in expectation of some great event. 
 
 ' Bastia hopes to receive assistance from A ilia 
 Franca — but in this they are mistaken. It is completely 
 blockaded, and so is Genoa. It is reported that we 
 are going to war with the Swedes and Danes. I 
 should like to know if it is true. We stopped a Danish 
 brig which was come out of 'J'oulon. but she said they 
 took her in by force. We sent a midshipman in her, 
 but have not heard of him since. It is supposed they 
 took him into Genoa and murdered him. 
 
 ' Admiral Parker is going to Leghorn witli us, and a 
 sick lieutenant of the Terrible. ^^Vdmirals Cosby and 
 Cioodall have applied to go home. 
 
 ' Bastia is in a fair way of being taken. The Prosclitc 
 was burnt there. She was fitted out as a bomb ship ; 
 but the red-hot shot came so thick that they were 
 obliged to abandon her ; and judging it impossible for 
 the boats of the fleet to tow her away, they set fire to 
 her effectually. 
 
 ' Oniglia was taken by the French, and 7,000 men 
 put into it ; but the Piedmontese collecting their forces 
 together re-took it. The French cried for quarter ; but 
 they (the Piedmontese) told them, as they did not 
 give them quarter, they should not have it, and put 
 them all to the sword. The French army have gone 
 as far as Genoa, and it is supposed they will make an 
 attempt on the Duke of Tuscany's dominions, and so 
 through Italy. We also hear the Russians are going 
 to march several thousand men into France, and carry 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 ' everything before them. We hear the Austrians have 
 ' gained seventeen victories successively, and ha\'e killed 
 ' 100,000 men. It is said there is a revolution at Paris, 
 ' and the combined armies are in possession of it. 
 
 •• I am in great want of cloaths ; for the man of whom 
 'you bought mine was a great cheat. He did not send 
 'half; nor tlie shirts; and only one jacket, so that I 
 ' have been obliged to buy a new one at Leghorn ; but 
 ' I am very much in want of shirts and shoes. I had no 
 ' chest. A good many things were stolen from us. I 
 ' am very badly off as to shirts ; there are none to be got 
 ' here, for the Italians wear shifts — such odd rigging 
 ' that it is impossible for a sailor to make use of it. 
 
 ' I am now going to join Captain Tyler on board the 
 
 ' St. Fiorenzo. Yon are to direct for me at Gibraltar, 
 
 ' as we are going there to fit out. — I ha^'e nothing more 
 
 ' to say at present, but that I am your affectionate 
 
 'Nephew, 
 
 ^ 'G. N. Hakdixge. 
 
 AVe are told that Captain Tyler could not be induced 
 to part with Hardinge and another youth named Savage, 
 and we find these two lads following him on board the 
 Diadem. 
 
 ' In the first action in which he came under fire ' 
 (that between Hotham and Martin), ' his Captain 
 ' used the memorable words, " My boys behaved like 
 ' " two \'eterans." They were bosom friends, and both 
 ' of them reflected honour upon liim who loved them 
 ' as if they had been his own sons, and was loved as a 
 ' parent by them.' 
 
 Hardinge returned home for a few months in 1798, 
 after the loss of L'Aig/c, transfigured by Tyler's kindly 
 discipline. 
 
 ' Instead of the volatile, undisciplined, rude and 
 • churlish boy, he returned a youth full of high 
 
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 ' spirit, but unassuniino- uiid pleasiiii^ in his manners, 
 ' affectionately l)enev()lent, remarkably sensible and 
 ' well informed. The same Captain Tyler whose 
 ' punctual and sacred fidelity in the early days 
 ' induced him to complain of the boy. gave the 
 ' highest character of tiie man to the writer of this 
 ' memoir, and represented him as then equal to the 
 ' command of a seventy-four.' 
 
 We have ([uoted this memoir at lenoth, because, 
 besides giving us an estimate of one of Tyler's most 
 distinguished pupils, it contains also a very valuable 
 contribution to the scanty material available for forming 
 an adequate idea of his own personality. The two 
 parted after tlie loss of L\UjiiIc, and it remains now to 
 glance at the close of young Hardinges short career. 
 This came in the memorable engagement between his 
 old ship, the Scui Fioroizo, and IjCi Picdmontd'isc, a 
 P^rench frigate in the Indian Ocean in 1808, an action 
 which ranks with the very finest exploits of the individual 
 captain in command of a single sliip throughout the 
 war. The story is best told in the following letter from 
 Lieutenant Dawson, who took command of the San 
 Fioi^enzo on Hardincfe's death. 
 
 » 
 
 ' .Sy. Fiorenzo, at Sea, March 0th, 1908. 
 ' Sir, 
 
 • It is with great regret I have to inform vou of the 
 ' death of Captain Hardinge, late of His Majesty's ship 
 ' St. Fiorcfizo, who fell gloriously in the early part of an 
 ' action on the 8th instant, between this ship and the 
 ' French National frigate La Picdmontaisc. The *,SY. 
 ' Fiorenzo sailed from Point de Galle on Friday, the 4th 
 * instant, at half-past 11 a.m. On the Gth at 7 a.m. we 
 ' passed three Indiamen, and shortly after saw a frigate 
 ' bearing N.E. We immediately hauled our wind in 
 
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 MEMOIKS OF 
 
 chase, and made all sail, being at that time in latitnde 
 7 deg. 32 min. longitude 77 deg. 58 min. We made 
 tlie private signal, vvhicli was not answered ; and at fi^'e 
 showed our colo u's, which tlie enemy took no notice 
 of. At 40 minutes past 11 p.m. within a cable's length, 
 the Enemy made still ahead, out of the range of our 
 shot. We ceased tiring, and made all sail after him, 
 continuing to come up with him till daylight ; when 
 finding he could not avoid an action, he wore, as did 
 we also. At 25 minutes past six we recommenced the 
 action, at the distance of iialf a mile, gradually closing 
 with him to a quarter of a mile. The hre was constant, 
 and well directed on both sides ; though that of the 
 Enemy slackened towards the latter part of the action. 
 At a quarter past eight p.m. the Enemy made all sail 
 away ; our main top sail-yard being shot through, the 
 main-royal-mast, and both main-top-mast stays, the 
 mainspring-stay, and most of the standing and running- 
 rigging, and all our sails shot to pieces, and most of 
 our cartrudges fired away (as our guns were directed 
 at his hull, lie was not much disabled about his rigging), 
 we ceased firing, and employed all hands in repairing 
 the damages sustained, and fitting the ship again for 
 action. From the great injury our masts, yards, and 
 sails had received, I am sorry to observe that it was 
 not in our power to chase or to renew the action 
 immediately. We, however, succeeded in keeping 
 sight of him during the night ; and at nine a.m. on 
 the 8th, the ship being perfectly prepared for action, 
 we bore down upon the Enemy under all sail. He 
 did not endeavour to avoid us till we hauled athwart 
 his stern, for the purpose of gaining the weather-gauge 
 and bringing him to close figlit, when he hauled up 
 also, and made all sail ; but perceiving that we came 
 fast up witli him, and that an action was inevitable, he 
 tacked ; and at three we passed each other on opposite 
 tacks, and recommenced action within a quarter of a 
 
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 ' cable's length. W^ith grief I luue to observe that our 
 ' brave Captain was killed by a grape-shot, the second 
 ' broadside. \Vhen the Enemy was abaft our beam he 
 ' wore ; and, after an hour and 20 minutes close action, 
 ' struck tlieir colours and waved their hats for a boat to 
 ' be sent them. She proved to be I^d Picdhioiitaisc, 
 ' commanded by JMonsieur Epron, Capitaine de X'ais- 
 ' seaux ; 50 guns. She had 300 Frenchmen on board, 
 • and nearly 200 I^ascars, who worked their sails. She 
 ' sailed from the Isle of France on the 30th December. 
 ' In the action she had 48 killed and 112 wounded. 
 ' The San Fiorenzo had 13 killed and 25 wounded : 
 ' most of the latter are in a promising way. A list of 
 ' them I have the honour to inclose for your information. 
 ' The Enemy was cut to pieces in his masts, bowsprit, 
 ' and rigging ; and they all went by the board during 
 ' the night ' 
 
 This action and its result caused an extraordinary 
 sensation both in India and at home. The San Fiorcmo 
 was a superannuated frigate of 30 guns and 180 men, 
 and on three successive days she maintained a fight in 
 which she was the assailant with a vessel of 50 guns and 
 500 men, and finally captured her. The Piedmontaisc 
 had long been the scourge of the Indiamen in these 
 waters, and her capture produced an intense feeling of 
 relief. This was expressed by the gratitude of the 
 English to Hardinge, and the respect shown for his 
 memory. A fine monument was erected to Captain 
 Hardinge in Bombay Cathedral by public subscription, 
 to which Hardinge's own crew contributed no less tlian 
 500/. A silver vase, too, of 300/, value was sent to his 
 father, with an inscription to commemorate the son's 
 gallantry and heroic death. At home a vote of the 
 House of Commons, without a dissenting voice, recoir 
 
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 mended the erection of a national memorial in honour 
 of Hardinge in St. Paul's. Tyler wrote upon the news 
 of his death : 
 
 ' His later conduct has placed him among the greatest 
 ' heroes of this country, and I hope to see his monument 
 ' in St. Paul's, where the great and glorious Lord Nelson 
 ' lies, a fit and proper companion for our lamented hero's 
 ' name and memory.' 
 
 Tyler's wish was fulfilled to the letter, and the 
 monument may be seen to-day next to that of Nelson. 
 It bears the following inscription : 
 
 National 
 
 To George N. Har-dixge, Esq. 
 
 Captam of the St. Fiorcnzo 36 guns 186 men 
 
 who attacked on three successive days 
 
 La Picdmontaise 50 guns .566 men 
 
 and fell near Ceylon in the path to 
 
 Victory 
 
 8th. March 1808, aged 28 years. 
 
 In the centre is a cenotaph, having on its front a 
 Lion's head, the emblem of British valour. On the 
 right is a native Indian bearing the naval flag, whose 
 countenance and pensive attitude point to the deep 
 regret felt and expressed by the communities of India 
 upon the fall of their zealous defender. On the left, at 
 the foot of the cenotaph, is Fame, prostrate, with a 
 laurel wreath in her hand, which falls over the 
 youthful hero's name, indicating the disappointment 
 of her sanguine hopes at his early fate. 
 
 We may perhaps quote the following verses by Mr. 
 Justice Hardinge, which were inspired by his nephew's 
 
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 death, and this production of the sculptor, ]\Ir. Manning 
 to whom tliey were addressed : 
 
 ' Tlie Art, no more to hope denied, 
 Of Sculpture, in her classic pride, 
 Aveng'd by thee, to life has brought 
 Those energies of speech and thought, 
 Which memory, in days of yore, 
 To ancient Greece, in triumph bore ; 
 When Chiefs, that were in battle slain, 
 Breath'd in their Cenotaphs again. 
 And spirits of heroic birth 
 Sm'viv'd, in fame, the mouldering earth. 
 
 Xo laurel that F'io}'cnzo gave 
 To Hardinge's bright though hurried grave, 
 A Avreath, in tears, could ever twine 
 Of such a hue and glow as thine ; 
 'Tis Inspiration's note as clear 
 As if the Pluses we could hear, 
 When Pindar's hand inflam'd the lyre, 
 And swept the chords with living fire. 
 
 The moralizing Indian's grief 
 Reveres, though mute, his breathless Chief; 
 I^aments, in victory, the cost 
 Of such a rising Xei.son lost. 
 
 Fame, in her proud, though baffled hope, 
 Gives to despair vmbridled scope ; 
 Her prostrate form, and pensive air. 
 Her wings at rest, and streaming hair, 
 Tell, what no words could better speak, 
 Xo tears on Britain's Patriot cheek ; 
 " That He, for whom that wreath she bore, 
 Views her enchanting smile no more ; 
 And that her Crown, his ripen'd claim. 
 Falls, in her hands, upon his Xame." ' 
 
 It remains only to add that Hardinge's memory was 
 cherished to the end of his life by his old Captain. In 
 
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 one of Tyler s pocket-books was found the following 
 letter from the young sailor, written after liis promotion 
 to post rank for distinguished service in 1 804 : 
 
 ' Scorpiun, Sheerness, 
 
 ' 12th April, 1804. 
 
 ' My dear Sir, 
 
 ' I have this day received my commission as Post 
 Captain and I hope the advancement of such an old 
 pupil of yoiu's as myself wall give you pleasure, tho' I 
 freely confess that I scarce deserve you should think 
 of me at all. But I trust your wonted goodness of 
 heart will stand my friend this time, and that I may 
 again share your friendship and regard which I am 
 sorry to say I have deserved to lose by my long silence, 
 for wliich I take shame to myself, but could you see 
 me at this moment, you would cease to be angry 
 with me. 
 
 ' I have (as I suppose you have seen in the papers) 
 cut out of the Vic a Dutcli Man of AVar Brig of 16 Im- 
 pounders. The contest was short but sharp wliile it 
 lasted. I was once or twice all but in tlie bed of 
 honor, and escaped wonderfully well, considering I 
 was the first that got on board, but I had excellent 
 seconds, and my life was twice saved by my men. The 
 most difficidt part of the business was yet to come, as 
 by daybreak it blew a gale of wind. We lost 3 out of 
 5 boats and had anotlier Man of War Brig close to us, 
 who, however, cut and made off*, leaving us to get out 
 how we could, wliich was three days before we could 
 accomplish from the weather and extreme difficulty of 
 the navigation. 
 
 ' We succeeded at last and I have fortimately reaped 
 the benefit, being promoted, tho' I have no ship at 
 present. Indeed the Admiralty have ^'iewed this busi- 
 ness with uncommon liberality, liaving also posted 
 
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 * Captain Delby, and made my first Lieutenant a 
 
 * Commander. 
 
 ' I beg my respects to Mrs. Tyler, and with best 
 
 * wishes for your health am, Dear Sir, 
 
 ' Very sincerely & affectionately yours, 
 
 '(Sgd.) Geokgp: N. HAUDixciE.' 
 
 ' P.S. — Pray make my kindest remembrance to jNIr. 
 
 * Grant '^ who I am happy to hear is now snugly laid up 
 
 * as a Welsh Squire.' 
 
 Thomas Masterman Hardy was twenty-three when 
 he joined the Mcleager as Lieutenant in November of 
 1793, but almost all his distinguished services to his 
 country were still in front of him, and we may be sure 
 that, as in the case of Hardinge, Tyler's example and 
 sympathetic gift in dealing with young men had a bene- 
 ficial effect upon Hardy's subsequent career. ^\t all 
 events, his attachment to the Genoa S(piadron, ' under 
 the immediate orders of Nelson,' brought Hardy into 
 contact with that great man, and began the friendship 
 which was later cemented by an almost imbroken 
 service on the same ships, luitil the bond was at last 
 snapped upon the deck of the Victorif at Trafalgar. 
 Nelson lioisted his broad pennant on the Mincrve in 
 179G, and watched with admiration the tactics of Hardy 
 and Culverhouse in the Sabhia affair in December of 
 that year. They were put on board that vessel with a 
 prize crew, when a Spanish force of two sail of the line 
 and two frigates appeared, and contested the possession 
 of the Sabhia with the 3Hncrvc. The prize was cast off, 
 and Nelson thus wrote of Hardy and Culverhouse to 
 Admiral Jervis : 
 
 ' And here 1 must also do justice to lieutenants 
 
 * Of Gnoll, Neath, Glamoi-gan. 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 ' Culverhouse and Hardy, and express my tribute of 
 ' praise at their management of the prize, a frigate 
 ' repeatedly firing into her witliout effect, and at last 
 ' the Spanish Admiral quitted the pursuit of the Minerve 
 ' for that of L(i Sah'nia, who was steering a different 
 ' course, evidently with the intention of attracting the 
 ' notice of the Admiral, as English colours were hoisted 
 ' over the Spanish. The Sab'nuCs main and foremast 
 ' fell overboard before she surrendered.' 
 
 Hardy was restored to the ^linerve by an exchange 
 of prisoners within a few days. Two months later, in 
 February of 1797, when the frigate was passing through 
 the straits with the Spanish fleet in chase. Hardy jumped 
 into the jolly-boat to save a drowning man. His boat 
 was rapidly carried by the current towards the leading- 
 Spanish ship. ' By God,' said Nelson, ' I'll not lose 
 Hardy. Back the mizzen top-sail.' This bold measure 
 caused the Spaniards to hesitate and shorten sail, and 
 enabled Hardy in the boat to reach the frigate in safety. 
 
 Hardy's subsequent services with Nelson are a part 
 of English history. In the Miitine brig which he had 
 cut out at Santa Cruz and had been given command of, 
 he was present at the Battle of the Nile ; was promoted 
 captain to the J'^an^uard, Nelson's flagsliip ; was at 
 Naples and Palermo with that hero on the Vau^iaircl 
 and Foudroijanf. In 1801 he was flag-captain with 
 Nelson in the Safi Josef, and on the >.S7. George in the 
 Baltic at Copenhagen. In 18();3 he took Nelson out to 
 the Mediterranean in the Auiphion, and was his captain 
 on the Victorij in the same year, in which vessel tliey 
 shared the anxieties of the Toulon blockade, and the 
 pursuit of the Franco-Spanisli fleet to the West Indies. 
 Hardy, as we know, was in command of the flcfo/'t/ 
 when Nelson joined her in Septeuiber 1805, and was 
 
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 standing- by his side when the musket ball from the 
 maintop of the enemy at last brought their intimacy to 
 an end. He bore the ' banner of emblems ' at the 
 funeral of I^ord Nelson. 
 
 The gallant young W^alter Serecold, whose untimely 
 deatli we notice elsewhere, was, as we say, another of 
 Tyler's pupils on board the Mdeager. The hst is 
 completed by a fourth sailor of eminence, Charles 
 Brisbane, the fourth son of Admiral John Brisbane, who 
 had entered the navy on board the Alcidc in 1779, and 
 w^as present, under his father, at St. Vincent in the same 
 year, and at the relief of Gibraltar in that following. 
 ]5risbane was in all respects a vigorous, daring sailor of 
 his period, one of those self-reliant officers who did so 
 much to support the best traditions of the service. He 
 lost an eye imder the immediate command of Nelson at 
 Bastia in 1793, and followed him to Genoa in the 
 following year, where he commanded the sloop TarJcton. 
 r.,ater, eminent services in the AVest Indies brought him 
 fame and distinction, and he became Rear-Admiral 
 in 1819. 
 
 It is not necessary to dwell longer on Hoods opera 
 tions at Toulon. The Republicans gradually increased 
 their hold on the heights dominating the town, and were 
 able to mount guns which became dangerous to ships in 
 the inner road and harbour. Their progress it is true 
 was at times interrupted by repulses received at the 
 hand of the besieged, but it was never seriously arrested. 
 Tyler's lieutenant, A\"alter Serecold, on October 8th 
 led a party of seamen in a combined force of 700 men 
 which made a night attack on some French batteries on 
 the heights of Des Moulins and Reinier, and destroyed 
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 were more than counterbalanced by reverses sustained on 
 the heights of Arenes, and elsewhere, during the next 
 month. Finally, on November 14th, the French re- 
 inforced by a large part of Kellerman's army, decided 
 on a general assault on Toulon and its fortifications. 
 Taking advantage of a storm they made a simultaneous 
 attack about midnight at selected points in the line of 
 posts defending the city, and gained such an ad\antage 
 during the two days following that their batteries 
 gradually commanded the important parts of the defence. 
 At 2 a.m. on the ITtli they carried Fort Mulgrave, a 
 position dominating the roadstead and harbour, and com- 
 pelled the defenders to retreat to Fort Balaguier on the 
 western shore of the outer roadstead. 
 
 Hood and the other commanders at once held a 
 council of war, when it was resolved to evacuate Toulon 
 as soon as proper arrangements could be made for the 
 purpose. The General Committee of the town was 
 informed of the decision, and the assistance of the 
 alhed fleet promised in removing the loyalists. The 
 armed vessels of the French fleet were to leave with 
 the allies ; those remaining with the arsenal and stores 
 were to be destroyed. After evacuating Toulon, Hood 
 summoned his fleet to the Bay of Hyeres, an anchorage 
 formed by a small group of islands some miles westward 
 to the Bay of Toulon, as a convenient station for re- 
 ceiving provisions, etc., from Gibraltar, Alicant, and 
 Minorca, and for directing the operations against the 
 Uepublican forces in Corsica, operations which had 
 already engaged his attention during the occupation 
 of Toulon, and have now an interest for us as the scene 
 of Tyler's furtlier activities. 
 
 Hood at Toulon had received a request for assistance 
 
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 from General Paoli, the leader of the Corsicaii insurgents, 
 who were trying to throw off the French rule in the 
 island, assuring the Admiral that the appearance of even 
 a few Britisli ships off the island would he of great 
 service to the cause. In Septemher, accordingly, Hood 
 despatched a squadron of three line of battle ships and 
 two frigates under Commodore Robert IJnzie, of tlie 
 Alc'idc, with orders to attempt the reduction of tlie 
 French forts at Calvi, San Fiorenzo, and Bastia, or, if 
 the enterprise seemed too hazardous, to invest those 
 places and starve the garrisons into submission. The 
 force at I^inzie's disposal was quite inadequate to 
 blockade three such places as those mentioned, though 
 he attempted the reduction of the redoubt of Forneille, 
 near San Fiorenzo, with tlie combined force of his 
 squadron. This attack failed, chiefly, as it would seem, 
 by reason of Linzie's failing to promptly follow up the 
 success he had gained by taking the Mortella tower, 
 which gave the garrison of Forneille time to prepare, 
 and partly also, no doubt, by the failure of the Corsican 
 insurgents to co-operate with the squadron, as had been 
 expected. In the result Linzie's squadron was badly 
 mauled by the Republican batteries, and the position in 
 Corsica was little altered during the rest of the year. 
 The value of the island, however, to the French, 
 especially in the existing circumstances of their naval 
 base at Toulon, and the great importance of the harbour 
 of San Fiorenzo to Great Britain, determined Hood and 
 General Dundas, who was in conmiand of the troops on 
 board the fleet, to attempt the expulsion of the French 
 from Corsica. 
 
 The first step to this end was taken early in January 
 of 1794, when Hood despatched two officers to com- 
 
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 municate with General Paoli with a view to the effective 
 co-operation of the Corsican insurgents. These officers 
 returned with satisfactory assiu'ances on tlie point, and 
 on January 24tli, the British expedition, amounting- 
 to sixty sail, including transports and store-ships, sailed 
 from Hyeres Bay for San Fiorenzo. The expedition, 
 after meeting hea^■y weather and heing driven eastward 
 to Elba, reached JMortella early in February. Dundas 
 immediately disembarked 1400 troops and took posses- 
 sion of the lieiglits threatening the tower which had 
 been taken by Linzie in the previous autumn, Init which 
 had been since re-occupied by the Republicans. On 
 the following day, February 8th, a combined attack 
 was made upon the Mortelhi Tower by these troops 
 a!id by H.M.S. Jioio and Foiiitude anchored in the 
 Bay. The tower, which mounted only three guns, and 
 was manned only by thirty-three men, made a most 
 gallant resistance. The Fortitjidc was much damaged. 
 In a two-and-a-half hours' enoagement she lost six men 
 killed and fifty-six wounded, her hull was set on fire by 
 red-hot shot, and she narrowly escaped disablement and 
 destruction on the rocks. She and her consort, indeed, 
 were obliged to haul out of gunshot. Meanwhile, Dundas 
 and his troops had brought a heavy fire to bear on the 
 tower from the landward position. This at first was as 
 ineffective as the bombardment from the ships, but the 
 use of red-hot shot at length fired the bass junk with 
 which the parapet was lined as a protection against shot 
 and splinters, and the gallant garrison was compelled 
 to surrender. The possession of the JNIortella Tower, 
 which was necessary to the safety of the anchorage, was 
 thus secured to the Hritish. Its prolonged resistance to 
 a superior force attracted nuich attention, and made it 
 
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 the model for the famous Martello Towers (the name of 
 Avhicli is an obvious mis-spelling of JNlortella), with 
 which ]Mr. Pitt later sought to strengthen tlie southern 
 coast of England. 
 
 The British force next proceeded to the reduction 
 of tlie key of San Fiorenzo, the Convention Redoubt 
 mounted with heavy guns. Here the exertions of tlie 
 seamen of the fleet were invaluable. 
 
 ' Ry the most surprising exertions of science and 
 labour on the part of the officers and men of the Navy, 
 several 18-pounders and other pieces Mere placed on an 
 eminence of very difficult ascent, 700 feet above the 
 level of the sea. This rocky elevation, owing to its 
 perpendicularity, near its summit, was deemed inacces- 
 sable, but the seamen by means of blocks and ropes 
 contrived to haul up the guns, each of which weighed 
 about 42 cwt. The path along which these dauntless 
 fellows crept would in most places admit but one 
 person at a time. On the right was a descent of 
 many hundreds of feet, and one fnlse step would 
 have led to eternity : on the left were stupendous 
 overhanging rocks which occasionally served as fixed 
 points for the tackle employed in raising the guns. 
 From these 18-pounders so advantageously posted, 
 a cannonade was inu'emittingly kept up during the 
 whole of the lOth and 17th. ()n the latter evening, 
 when the fire of the redoubt had been nearly over- 
 powered, it was determined to storm the works, a 
 service which was executed with \igoin' and crowned 
 with success. On the 18tli the Republicans retreated, 
 and the British took possession of the Redoubt and 
 became masters of the batteries of Forneille. This 
 important capture made the retention of San P^iorenzo 
 impossible for the French. On the 19th February 
 they set fire to one of two frigates lying in the bay, 
 and either scuttled or allowed to sink from the l?ritish 
 
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 * fire the other, the Mincrvc, before evacuating the place 
 ' in haste and retreating towards Bastia. San Fiorenzo, 
 
 * with its fortifications, thus fell to the British after a 
 ' creditable series of operations lasting only twehe 
 ' days.' 
 
 Tyler's particular share in these operations is difficult 
 to follow in detail, but we may think of him and the 
 crew of the Mc/canT?^ in the sailor-like operations which 
 led to the reduction of the Conv^ention Redoubt on 
 February 17tli. After that of San Fiorenzo, however, 
 it was chiefly by liis exertions tliat the sunken frigate, 
 JIine?TC, was raised and made fit for sea. She was 
 found to be a fine 36-gun vessel, and was passed into 
 the British Navy under the name of San Fiorenzo, 
 there being already a Mincrvc in tlie Admiralty list. 
 Tyler was rewarded by being given the command of 
 her ; but he must have retained it for a very short time 
 only. He states in liis own record of services that he 
 was lier Captain during 1795, without mentioning 
 months ; but there appears to be no doubt from 
 various records dealing with tiie Mediterranean Fleet, 
 that he was transferred to the Uiadc/n in August of 
 1704, in command of which ship he continued until 
 February of 1796. 
 
 The further operations in Corsica need not detain us 
 long. In April, Hood, failing to convince Dundas of 
 the feasibility of reducing Bastia without strong rein- 
 forcements which the latter expected, determined to 
 make the attempt alone. He therefore shipped such 
 troops as he was entitled to as marines, set sail with the 
 fleet, and began the investment of the place on the 4th 
 of that month, landing a force of 1248 officers and men. 
 After a siege of thirty-seven days the 3000 troops of 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 the garrison surrendered, and we read of one of Tyler's 
 pupils, Walter Serecold, now promoted Captain of the 
 Pirjschfte (a frigate bomb brought awa}' from Toulon), 
 which was moored as a floating battery against the town, 
 gallantly maintaining his fire upon the batteries in liis 
 burning ship until his crew were rescued by the boats of 
 the squadron. Charles Brisbane, too, now Lieutenant 
 of the Mcleas,a\ is mentioned in Hood's despatches 
 with Serecold and others as havino- rendered oalhiiit 
 assistance in the operations. 
 
 The fall of Rastia enabled Raoli to induce the 
 Corsicans formally to accept the so\ereignty of (xreat 
 Britain, which was acknowledged by Sir Gilbert Elliot 
 as Viceroy on June 19th. Calvi, however, still re- 
 mained in the possession of the Republicans, and the 
 reinforcements from Gibraltar ha\'ing arrived, the 
 reduction of that fortress was undertaken on June 
 19th, and after a siege of fifty-one days, the place 
 capitulated on August lOth upon terms. It was 
 in these operations on shore that Xelson lost an eye, 
 and failed to report himself wounded. The Navy, too, 
 lost a gallant officer, and Tyler a friend, when Serecold 
 was killed by a grape-shot while getting the last gun of 
 one of the principal batteries into place. A couple of 
 frigates, the Melpomene and the jMiguonne, and a 
 quantity of naval stores fell into the hands of the 
 British at Calvi. 
 
 The mention of Charles Brisbane suggests that the 
 Meleager was one of the four frigates attached to Hood's 
 fleet of thirteen sail of the line which left Bastia early in 
 June to intercept the squadron equipped by the French 
 at Toulon after the evacuation of the British. Hood, 
 as we know, fell in with the enemy on the 10th, and 
 
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 chased them to an anchorage at (Tourjeau Bay, where 
 an unfortunate continuance of cahii weather prevented 
 liis plan of engaging them in the port. Brisbane, it 
 appears, suggested a plan of destroying the fleet of 
 seven sail of the line with fireships, but the French 
 were found too well prepared. This was Hood's last 
 service in the ^lediterranean. He left Hotham to 
 watch the French squadron at Gourjean, which, how- 
 ever, escaped in stormy weather and got safely into 
 Toulon, and subsequently handed over the command 
 of the Mediterranean to that Admiral and returned to 
 England in Xovember. We must now consider Tyler 
 as in command of the Diadem, 64, which he had taken 
 over in August, and under his old friend Hotham as 
 Admiral. 
 
 Hotham's fleet, including the Diadem, lay at San 
 Fiorenzo during the winter, but towards the end of 
 January, 1795, he set sail with fifteen sail of the line 
 and frigates for Leghorn Road, leaving behind the 
 Beridel\\ 74, Captain Littlejohn, whose masts had 
 rolled out of her in a swell, to follow under jury 
 masts, a step which left the Be?^iviek a prey to the 
 enemy in the following circumstances. By great 
 exertions during the winter the French had managed 
 to equip a fleet of fifteen line of battle ships, six frigates, 
 and smaller craft from among the vessels left at Toulon 
 at the British evacuation. As soon as the authorities 
 heard of the sailing of Hotham's fleet from Corsica, they 
 at once resolved to attempt tlie recovery of that island. 
 All haste was made to equip the fleet, which, after 
 embarking 5000 troops, and shipping the usual spy or 
 deputy from the National Convention, weighed anchor 
 on March 3rd under Admiral Martin, and after 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 rough weather hove in sight of Corsica at dawn on the 
 7th. A few hours hiter, Admiral Martin's cruisers 
 discovered the Berii:ick\ which had been detained by 
 contrary winds, standing out of San Fiorenzo Bay under 
 jury rigging in order to follow Hotham to I^eghorn. 
 The French cruisers approached under Spanish colours, 
 but clianged to the Tricolor on opening fire at musket 
 range, and being presently joined by at least one 
 seventy-four from the Frencli line, continued a furious 
 cannonade upon the Berwick. The already crippled 
 Berzvic/i's rigging was shot to pieces, though she still 
 lield her course for Leghorn ; but just as she had 
 disabled the Alceste frigate by a broadside, a barshot 
 decapitated her Captain Littlejohn, and his lieutenant 
 judging further resistance useless, she struck her 
 colours. 
 
 On jNIarch 8th, Hotham, lying at I^eghorn, heard 
 from Genoa that the French fleet had been sighted two 
 days previously near the island of Sainte Marguerite. 
 The news of the Frencli fleet being at sea was conflrmed 
 by a British sloop, and Hotham's fleet at once got 
 under weigh, the Admiral shaping his course towards 
 Corsica, which he judged to be the destination of the 
 French force. His judgment was justified during the 
 following night by the Tarleton brig, which he had 
 despatched to San Fiorenzo for news of the Bcricic/i, 
 and now brought tidings of the capture of that vessel. 
 Meanwhile ^lartin, learning from the crew of the 
 Berwick the probability of the Britisli fleet being at 
 sea, had shaped his course back to Toulon against a 
 S.W. wind. The Captain of the Tarleton probably 
 had information to this effect, for Hotham at once 
 altered his course to the N.W., with the intention of 
 
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 intercepting Martin, instead of proceeding to Corsica as 
 he had at first intended. This manoeuvre was quite 
 successful, for on the morning of the 10th the British 
 frigates discovered the French fleet standing towards 
 the land in the direction of Cape Noli, with every 
 intention of avoiding an encounter with the enemy. 
 
 The next three days witnessed a continued effort on 
 the part of the French to escape, and on the British to 
 bring thein to an engagement. On the 11th, the 
 French fleet, consisting of fifteen sail of the line, six 
 frigates, and two brigs, was on the southern or wind- 
 ward quarter of tlie British, and distant about six 
 miles from a section of Hotham's force which was some 
 way to windward of his main body. The next day, at 
 sunset, the two fleets were closer together, and Hotham 
 liad been able to close up his formation into order of 
 battle, but many miles still separated his van and the 
 enemy's rear in tlie light winds that prevailed. During 
 the night the French Admiral became poorer by a line 
 of battle ship, the jMerciire, which lost her main top- 
 mast in a squall, and was allowed to part company, 
 attended by a frigate. The following morning Hotham. 
 finding that Martin sliowed no disposition to bear down 
 for action, made the signal for a general chase, and a 
 fresh breeze with squalls gave promise of assistance to 
 the British cruisers. This prospect was improved wlien, 
 at eight a.m. the C(i Ira, 80, the third ship from the 
 rear in tlie French line, ran foul of her second ahead, the 
 Victoirc, and besides carrying away her own main and 
 top masts, did some damage to her consort. Captain 
 Fremantle, of the luconstduf frigate, 36, perceiving this 
 accident, proceeded to lay his little vessel on the quarter 
 of the crippled C(i Ira at musket-shot distance and fire 
 
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 a broadside into lier. A French frigate, the Vestale, 
 then bore down to take the Ca Ira in tow. The In- 
 constant tacked, passed under the lee of the Hne of battle 
 ship, and poured in another broadside. The Ca Ira had 
 by this time cleared away the wreck of her top-masts, 
 and opened a fire from her lower-deck guns which 
 speedily compelled the gallant frigate to bear up and 
 abandon the fight. Nelson, in the Agamemnon, 64, 
 then bore down on the Ca Ira, and, aided by the 
 Captain, 74, continued the action, until, several of the 
 French ships coming to their consorts' assistance, the 
 two British vessels were forced to haul off, and took 
 their places in the line. Some distant firing between 
 the Bedfoi^d and Egmont and three of the French rear, 
 including the Timoleon, 74, and *SV///-S' Culotte, 120, 
 concluded the fighting on March 13th. 
 
 On the 14th, fortune favoured the English Admiral, 
 for at dawn the Ca Ira was discovered some miles to 
 leeward and astern of the French fleet in tow of the 
 Ccmseur, 74. Also, at 5.30 a.m., a breeze from the X.AV. 
 at last placed the British fleet to windward of their 
 opponents. An hour later Hotham ordered the Captain 
 and Bedford to engage the tw^o Frenchmen. The former 
 of these vessels found herself exposed to the united 
 broadsides of the two French ships for fifteen minutes 
 before being able to return a shot. As a consequence, 
 after an action of an hour and tw^enty minutes, she was 
 disabled, signalled for assistance, and was towed clear of 
 her opponents. 
 
 The Bedford had fared even worse. The French 
 Are directed at her rigging had totally disabled her, and 
 she was towed out of the line. Both ships had suffered 
 severely in killed and wounded ; but it is only fair to 
 
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 say that they had reduced the Coiscnr and Cci Ira to 
 something hke disablement. 
 
 Tlie wind meanwhile had almost died away, and the 
 action without becoming* general developed into desul- 
 tory fighting between groups of ships without much 
 apparent direction from either Admiral. Wq find a 
 British frigate, the Lowestoft, Captain Hallowell, 
 exposed on the stern and quarter to the broadside 
 of the Du(jNCsiu'. 74, without beuig able to 
 return a shot: her captain, however, very judiciously 
 ordered his whole crew, with the exception of his 
 officers and the man at the wheel, below, and so 
 escaped the ordeal without the loss or wounding of a 
 man. At 8 a.m. the Illustrious, 74, began an action 
 with the Dii(pies)ic and flctoire, which were later joined 
 by Lc To)in(itit. The Illnstrioiis, too. was reinforced by 
 the Coura^riLV, but one hour from the beginning of the 
 encounter her fore-top-mast went over the starboard 
 bow. her main-mast fell aft across the poop, taking with 
 it the mizzen-mast, and her hull was pierced in every 
 direction. The Coiirageux also was nearly disabled, and 
 the two \'essels escaped only by the drifting away of the 
 two French ships in the light wind, and the impossibility 
 of the French line coming up to reduce them ; as it was 
 they lost 137 officers and men in killed and wounded. 
 The result, however, of this haphazard fighting was that 
 the French rear abandoned the Ca Ira and Ccnscur to 
 their fate, and Martin made sail to the westward, 
 without any effort on the part of Hothani, as it would 
 seem, to renew the action. Firing ceased altogether at 
 2 p.m.. and James tliinks that Hotham, being unaware 
 of the reduction of the French line by the Mcrcurc and 
 -.SV///.V Cidottc, considered his force insufficiently strong 
 
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 ADMIRAL TVLKU 
 
 to bring' the French to a oeneral action. Certain it is 
 that he made no attempt to pursue the Frenchman, and 
 the fleets were soon out of each otliei-'s \ iew. A letter 
 of Tyler's to his wife, detailino- the share of the Duidoii 
 in the engai>ement, appears to exonerate tlje Admiral. 
 and is a useful piece of evidence upon this much- 
 criticised engao'emcnt. 
 
 ' H.M.S. D'uulciii. 
 
 ' St. Fiorenzo. 
 
 ' March 28. 170.). 
 
 ' I am flattering myself my letter will reach you 
 ' before the newspaper account of our action of the 14th 
 ' inst. with the French Squadron and our taking the Ca 
 ' Jru of 84 guns and the Cefi.sc//r of 74. Nothing but 
 ' its falling calm saved at least 7 or 8 being captured, 
 ' though M'c ought to be very thankful foi' this mark of 
 'good fortune, as the French studiously a^()ided us from 
 ' the first, and had they got off' with only a distant 
 ' cannonade they would have trumjicd up a fine story 
 ' and oiu" characters would have been hmnanely handled 
 ' at home. Thank God, my dear Margaret, envy herself 
 ' cannot l)ut say every officer and man exerted (sic) and 
 ' felt the most manly indignation at the conunon dis- 
 ' turbers of the world. If they were cautious of coming 
 ' to action before. 1 fancy all the examples of citizens and 
 * members of the Convention embarked in their fleet will 
 ' hardly induce them to try another action with us. The 
 ' Blcuhciii/ of 1)8 and lioD/ha/f Casile 74 are arri\ed here 
 ' with a convoy ; however, our force is a little diminished 
 ' l)y the Coura^e/LV being dismantled, and the Illustrious 
 ' (Capt. Frederick) run on shore near Port Especia. Two 
 ' days after the action a gale of wind came on very 
 ' unfortunately. The I////sfrio//s took us for the French 
 ' coming into Kspccia. and she came to an anchor 
 ' farther Eastward, her cables parted and she dro\ e on 
 
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 ' shore. When we left Especia there were hopes of 
 
 * getting her off. The Courageu.v arrived safe at 
 ' Leghorn and the two prizes with us. On the 25th 
 ' instant we left Especia for Fiorenzo, and though my 
 ' ship had suffered as much if not more than most, I was 
 ' ordered to take the Ca Ira in tow and have charge of 
 ' her to Fiorenzo. I by no means liked the business. 
 ' We had a moderate breeze all Thursday evening off 
 ' Fiorenzo, when it fell calm and a swell got up ; the 
 
 * rest of the ships were taking care of themselves and 
 ' never thought of me. At one in the morning a sudden 
 ' shift of wind drove the Ca Ira on board me ; I expected 
 ' to lose all my masts and be otherwise damaged, I was 
 ' near three-quarters of an hour before 1 got clear ; both 
 ' ships came to an anclior, and when daylight appeared I 
 ' was not half a mile from the rocks. Very providentially 
 ' I got under weigh before noon and not the least injury 
 ' done. The prize got away the same evening, and 
 ' yesterday we both got in here safe. I am little obliged 
 ' to the Admiral and Captain Holloway for not sending 
 ' me assistance. He smooths me off by saying the 
 ' Admiral was perfectly satisfied that what was possible 
 ' to be done I would do ; I begged too much confidence 
 ' might not be placed in me should a similar circumstance 
 ' happen. All possible despatch is using to equip the 
 ' squadron. I have ten carpenters from the Tancred^ 
 ' Neapolitan ship, to stop our shot holes and repair 
 ' damages. The more I reflect and see the shot that 
 ' came on board, the more I feel thankful to God for 
 ' saving my brave men. Never, my dearest JNlargaret, 
 ' did men behave better ; they were just as steady as if 
 ' at exercise. John Rees, who 1 find worked at Lord 
 ' Milford's, who lost one arm and part of his other hand, 
 ' is doing extremely well, all the rest are doing the same ; 
 ' they are to be sent to Bastia Hospital. I feel very 
 ' fortunate in having an especially good surgeon and 
 
 * mate on board. I shall tire you with this dull story, 
 
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 * however I am sure you will rejoice at my escaping so 
 ' well. 
 
 ' Kiss my dear little ones. God grant I may soon see 
 ' you and them. JNIy best love to all my friends. I have 
 ' run this over, having heard from the Admiral's Secretary 
 ' if I wrote a small letter in fifteen minutes he would 
 ' stuff it into his despatch, and knowing the comfort it 
 ' will give you to hear I am well and tolerably happy. 
 
 ' C. T 
 
 rl^ ■> 
 
 The naval historians make no mention of the lyiadcm 
 being in action, but it is evident from Tyler's description 
 of her state that she was in the thick of the lighting, her 
 casualties being given officially as three killed and seven 
 wounded. 
 
 xVfter the indecisive battle of March 14th, both fleets 
 made their way to their chosen anchorages to refit. 
 Hothani at first sailed to Spezzia Bay, having, as we 
 have seen, sent his prizes to San Fiorenzo. Later, on 
 March 26th, he there anchored with the fleet, having 
 lost the lUustrmis by wreck at Spezzia. At San 
 Fiorenzo he refitted until April 18th, when he pro- 
 ceeded to Leghorn, lea^'ing the two prizes in port 
 behind him. 
 
 Martin, after the action, sailed to Hyeres, w^here he 
 was rejoined by the missing Mercurc and Sans Cidofte, 
 together with tlie Rritish prize, Bcrivkk, and, after 
 sending some of his most crippled ships to Toulon for 
 repairs, lay at Hyeres at anchor. On April 4tli. how- 
 ever. Rear- Admiral Renaudin, having eluded the British 
 blockade at Brest, anchored in Toulon witli six sail of 
 the line, together with frigates and smaller vessels. 
 This force was a welcome addition to Martin's fleet, and 
 brought great lielp to the French Admiral in the persons 
 
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 of two able and ciiterprisiiio- French officers, Ricliery 
 and Ganteaunic. Martin removed liis fleet to Toulon 
 about the same time, where he and a deputy, M. Nion, 
 liad some difficulty in suppressing a dangerous nuitiny. 
 
 Meanwhile, Hotham liimself liad received a strong 
 reinforcement, which again placed him in a position of 
 superiority to liis opponent. lie sailed on May 8tli 
 from Leo'iiorn to cruise off' Minorca, and on June 14th 
 was joined by Rear- Admiral ^lann from Kngland and 
 (Gibraltar, who brought a squadron of nine sail of the 
 line. Hotham continued cruising off Minorca until 
 June 24th. wlien he bore off westward for Corsica, and 
 on tlie 29th anchored in San Fiorenzo Ray. He had 
 now a very fine fleet imder his command, comprising 
 two lOO-gun ships, three l)8's. one 80. fourteen 74's, in- 
 cluding two Rortuguese. and tlie sister t)4's, A^i^iDncnnion 
 and Duulcin, coimnanded by Nelson and Tyler respec- 
 tively, making twenty-three sail of the hue in all. He 
 was weak in frigates, having oidy tlie Mchu^x'r, 'I'yler's 
 old conunand. and the C//c/()j).s\ with five sloops and 
 cutters. 
 
 On July 4th, I lotham, still at San Fiorenzo. detached 
 Nelson in the ^ifyaniciinion with a frigate and three 
 smaller vessels to proceed to (rcnoa and then westward 
 along the Riviera coast on a cruise of observation. 
 Only three days later, viz., on the afternoon of July 7th, 
 Nelson sighted the Toulon fleet ofl* Cap del Mellc. about 
 fifteen miles off to the N.A\^. The French gave chase, 
 <md the same evening some of their van were fast over- 
 hauhng Nelson's sloop, the Mo.scIIc. Next morning. 
 Nelson, having shaped his coin-sc to the S., had led his 
 little s(juadron, followed by the French fleet, within 
 fifteen miles of Ca])e Corse, and had thus decoyed the 
 
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 ADiMIHAlv TYLER 
 
 enemy into the iieiglibourliotKl of HotlumTs fleet, whieh 
 lay at anehor at San FiorcnzOi Nelson innnediately 
 began firing from the A^iDiiciinioii as a signal to liis 
 Admiral, wlio. nnfortunately, was tlien in the middle of 
 refitting and watering liis fleet. The wiiid blew right 
 into the bay, and he was discovered by Martin at anehor 
 before he had time to take any ad\antage of Nelson's 
 sagacious tactics. The former innnediately went about 
 and made off' to the westward. 
 
 This happened at O.JiO in the morning; twelve hours 
 later, the British fleet, by the extraordinary exertions of 
 their crews, were got ready for sea, and, taking ad- 
 vantage of the land breeze. Hotham sailed out of the 
 Bay with twenty-three sail of the line, and his frigates, 
 having joined Nelson with the Agdiiwunioii^ and steered 
 westward with all sail, the wind being from S.S.W. 
 
 Not till foiu' days later did Hotham get news of the 
 French fleet. On the evening of the 12th. two of his 
 sloops having spoken two merchantmen, signalled 
 intelligence of the enemy having been sighted a few 
 hom-s before to the southward of Hyeres. Hotham 
 innnediately made the signal to prepare for action and 
 made all sail to the S.AV. with the intention of engaging- 
 Martin before he could reach Toulon. 
 
 Karlier on the same morning we find that Hotham 
 sent Tyler in the ])}(i(h'm, with the Rcnniihisixs a consort, 
 on a fortnight's cruise between the southern end of 
 Sardinia and Minorca to intercept privateers of the 
 enemy, and 'to protect fish shi])s from Newfoundland.' 
 The cruise residted in the capture of five French a essels, 
 as appears from a letter from Tyler, dated September 
 17th, at sea. T>ater. the Diadem returned to San 
 P^'iorenzo. and on December lOth Tyler sailed in the 
 
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 squadron which was sent under Captain Troubridge to 
 the Lev^ant, to escort the trade from those seas westward. 
 The Diadem and Flora were detached with instructions 
 to cut out two French frigates lying at Navarino if it 
 were found possible, which does not appear to have been 
 the case, and they later joined the fleet at San Fiorenzo. 
 Subsequently the Diadem sailed with the fleet for 
 Toulon, between which port and Minorca the British 
 Admiral cruised until the close of the year, and early in 
 February, 1796, Captain Tyler was transferred to 
 L'Aigle, frigate of 38 guns. 
 
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 CHAPTER IIL 
 
 179,5-171)8. 
 
 BEFORE proceeding to follow Tyler in his new 
 command, UAigle, we may look back a few 
 months to take note of an incident on board the 
 Diadem which had consequences of considerable im- 
 portance to the naA'al service. In May of 1795, while 
 cruising with Hotham's fleet off Minorca, his authority 
 as captain of the ship was directly questioned by a 
 lieutenant of an infantry regiment serving on board as 
 marines. It would appear that this young oflicer, 
 Lieutenant Gerald FitzGerald, of the 11th Regiment, 
 based his resistance to Captain Tyler upon principle. 
 He contended that a naval officer had no authority 
 over troops serving on board his vessel except in case 
 of mutiny ' or crimes of such magnitude,' but that all 
 such authority was \Tsted in the military officer on 
 board. Tyler brought him before a Court-martial, 
 which sat on board the Princess Roi/a/ in San Fiorenzo 
 Bay on July 3rd, and included \^ice-Admirals Goodall 
 and Sir Hyde Parker, Rear- Admirals Linzie and Mann, 
 and Captains Holloway and Nelson. This Court settled 
 the matter definitely, and incidentally the status of the 
 marines. 
 
 Before the swearing of the Court, FitzGerald sub- 
 mitted a written declaration against its legality to try 
 him, and asked permission that it might be read. The 
 Court being sworn the request was granted, and having 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 considered the protest, iuinounced tluit it had no doubts 
 of its authority tor trying Lieutenant FitzGerald 'as 
 lie being in and belonging to the Fleet, is to all intents 
 and purposes amenable to all the ^Vrticles of AV^ar for 
 the Cioverinnent of His Majesty's Ships, Vessels, and 
 Forces by Sea.' 
 
 From the evidence, repeated substantially by a 
 number of witnesses, including the lieutenants of the 
 D'kiiIc'iii, it appears that on May •24th there was a 
 disturbance on the lower deck of tlie J)i(fdc>/i, in 
 wJiicli some soldiers of FitzCTcrald's regiment were 
 concerned. The Master-at-Arms went to quell the 
 disturbance, when he ordered away a private named 
 Connor, who seems to have been a troublesome sub- 
 ject, telling him that he had no right where he was, 
 and upon the man refusing to go, enforced his order 
 with 'a slight shove or slap.' Connor then replied that 
 he had an officer of his own, and woidd make a com- 
 plaint to him. 
 
 This Connor appears to have done by stating his 
 grievances to Fit/CTcrald. The affair meanwhile having 
 been reported to Captain Tyler through his own officers, 
 he held an in(|uiry into the cause of the disturbance. 
 Among the witnesses whom he examined was a soldier 
 named Garrett, whose evidence was entirely against his 
 conn-ade. Tyler came to the obvious conclusion that 
 Connor had been insubordinate and deserved the repri- 
 mand of the Master-at-Arms. so he at once ordered his 
 confinement. Fit/CTcrald had been present apparently 
 from the beginning of this enquiry, and had explained 
 that the Master-at-Arms had struck his man. Captain 
 Tyler rej)lied tliat if the man deserved it, the Master 
 had a right to do so. ' I conceive not.' replied 
 
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 ADMIRAL TVLER 
 
 Fit/XTerakl. • W^ell,' said 'I'yler, * send for all the 
 parties.' 
 
 TyleT, as we say, liaviii^- satisfied himself of the 
 culpability of Connor, ordered his eontinement. 
 Fit/(4erald then remarked that there were two other 
 witnesses who had not })een examined, and that if 
 Tyler punished the man without hearing these he 
 would be acting unjustly. Tyler replied that he had 
 heard evidence enough to convince him. and ordered 
 the man to be confined. FitzCicrald then repeated his 
 remark, with additional emphasis, that Tyler was acting 
 with great injustice. * Do you say so ^ replied Tyler. 
 * Vou will retire to your cabin and consider yourself 
 under arrest.' FitzCTcrald then left the (piarter-dcck, 
 nuittering something about * equal terms,' and went to 
 his cabin. 
 
 It is (juite clear that Captain Tyler had no wish to 
 take ad\'antage of a display of temper on the j)art of 
 this young man which he might repent of afterMards, 
 for an hour later he sent for FitzCTcrald to his cabin. 
 Fpon the prisoner appearing, accompanied by a fellow- 
 lieutenant of his regiment. 'J'yler told hini that lie had 
 sent for him to talk the matter in (piestion over, not 
 wishing by any means to bring it to a crisis. He 
 expressed his surprise that Fit/(Terald should have 
 accused him publicly of injustice, when he must have 
 been convinced that he had on all occasions attended 
 to his complaints, and that in no one instance had he 
 ever punished a soldier or any other ])erson without 
 the clearest proof of his guilt. 
 
 This was kindly done on the part of Ca})tain Tyler, 
 ajid by way of offering FitzGerald a way of retreat 
 from a false position by an apology. This. howe\er, 
 
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 he refused altogether. Upon Tyler repeating the 
 words he had used he replied, ' Surely, Sir, you don't 
 understand my words better than myself.' Tyler re- 
 joined, ' Give me leave to put one question to you : 
 Would you behave to your Colonel or Superior Officer 
 on the Parade as you have done to me on the Quarter- 
 deck?' 'No I would not, but I should to you.' 
 Tyler thereupon closed the discussion by saying he had 
 nothing more to say on the subject, and again ordered 
 FitzGerald under arrest. 
 
 FitzGerald retained the same attitude before the 
 Court-martial : he refused to put any questions to the 
 witnesses, and upon being told that he was at liberty 
 to put in his defence, replied, ' I expect to make my de- 
 fence before another Court, and have none to make here.' 
 
 The Court being cleared and having considered the 
 evidence, pronounced the following Resolution : — 
 
 ' First, That the charge against the prisoner, Lieu- 
 ' tenant Gerald FitzGerald, is proved. 
 
 ' Second, That they therefore adjudge the said 
 ' Lieutenant FitzGerald to be dismissed from His 
 ' Majesty's Service and to be rendered incapable of 
 ' ever serving His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, 
 ' in any military capacity.' 
 
 This decision was resented by the military au- 
 thorities, and was the cause of an additional article of 
 war, which was added to the existing code for the 
 army after receiving the King's signature. Upon this 
 article the Duke of York proceeded to found certain 
 regulations for troops and their officers on board ships 
 which were received with the strongest hostility by 
 naval officers. Wlien these regulations reached Ports- 
 mouth the admirals and captains of the port and fleet 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 at once protested in a joint letter, declaring that the 
 enforcement of the new regulations on board ship would 
 ruin the discipline of the navy, and also that ' a regula- 
 tion from the army made by the Duke of York could 
 have no authority in the fleet.' In the result the 
 troops then on board the fleet were disembarked, 
 being replaced by marines, and eventually the principle 
 declared by the verdict of FitzGerald's Court-martial 
 was accepted — ' that all officers and soldiers serving 
 on board His Majesty's ships are amenable to a naval 
 Court-martial for any of the offences speciffed in the 
 naval articles of war.' 
 
 Captain Tyler was transferred to L'Aigle frigate in 
 February of 1796. The fleet in the Mediterranean was 
 now under the command of Sir John Jervis, whose 
 force amounted to eighteen sail of the line, besides 
 frigates and sloops. The naval position in the great 
 inland sea had resolved itself into a watching of the 
 Toulon fleet, which amounted to about flfteen sail of 
 the line, and to the keeping of a careful eye upon 
 Cartagena, where lay a Spanish force of seven sail of 
 the line, which nation was expected shortly to take 
 sides with the French. 
 
 Elsewhere the duties of the British naval forces 
 were chiefly those of blockade and observation. The 
 French were known to be making great preparations on 
 the Atlantic coast, but their fleet lay at Brest until the 
 later months of the year. The Channel fleet accord- 
 ingly was divided into three divisions, which maintained 
 a strict look-out on the coast. Further north, Duncan 
 kept watch off* the Texel upon the naval forces of the 
 Dutch, who, willingly or unwillingly, had joined forces 
 with the French. 
 
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 There are certain letters in the memoir of Ilear- 
 Admiral Wel)ley Parry puhhshed in 1847, and written 
 by that gentleman when a heutenant nnder Tyler, which 
 without ex])laining many details give us some indica- 
 tions of the whereabouts of L'Aiglc at different times. 
 Lieutenant \\ ebley, as he then was, had sailed under 
 Captain Hood, nephew of Admiral Lord Hood, who 
 had previously commanded UAiglc, and had remained 
 in her as lieutenant when Tyler took over the command 
 in February of \7^M\. He writes home to his mother 
 on Marcli 81st on L'Aiglc at sea off Toulon. A month 
 later we find him writing from Cienoa. On July .-Jlst, 
 he describes L\4if:rlc as cruising off the southern end 
 of Sardinia and in chase of a ship which has just shown 
 British colours, which gives him an opportunity of 
 leaving deck to write home. 
 
 In September UAigle is at Trieste, where she had 
 been ordered with five frigates under Tyler's command 
 to co-operate with the Austrian army, and w^e get 
 rumom-s of the expected breach with Spain, which fol- 
 lowed later. ' Our operations,' says ^Yebley, 'are in part 
 of so glib a nature that my time is truly taken up in 
 getting the ship ready for sea. For these seven months 
 we have not been eight days at anchor.' Voung 
 A\^ebley deplores the meagre chance of getting pro- 
 motion, especially since the loss of his old Captain, 
 Hood, who had been transferred to the Zcahi/s, but 
 adds, • Captain Tyler, who did connnand San Fioroizoy 
 is now in IjAi^le, so that I am not unknown.' In 
 November he expects daily that UAiglc will be ordered 
 to join Jervis' main fleet, which however certainly did 
 not take place till the February of the following year. 
 
 We may best ascertain the services which Captain 
 
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 ADMIKAL TVLKli 
 
 Tyler rendered to liis country on hoard Ij\ii^/c by 
 ohuieino' at the records of tlic vessel contained in 
 official despatches and naval chronicles. 
 
 Thus Admiral Jervis" despatches suppl>'us with some 
 indications of Tyler's first services in his new command. 
 Early in March he picked uj) two prizes off' Toulon ; 
 later in the year he was in command of a small s(juadron 
 oft' the coast of Tunis or Algiers, operating against the 
 corsairs of tliese troublesome counti'ies. until the plague 
 kept the rovers in port, when Ij.li^ic and her cojisorts. 
 retnrning to Corsica, refitted and took in water. ])ro- 
 ceeding to the Adriatic in August. ^V month later 
 Jervis sent orders for his recall, with instructions for him 
 to call at Naples and bring away Prince ^Vugustus in 
 ease the latter should choose to come away by sea, and 
 to return to Corsica to assist at the evacuation of the 
 island. Tyler reached S(i)i Fiorciizo in October, and a 
 few weeks later again sailed for the Adriatic with his 
 squadron, consisting of IjAigle, Flora, Boston, and 
 L' Unite. ' to defend the Imperial territory from a descent 
 from the French down to the Po, and to protect the 
 trade of His Majesty's subjects, and his allies from the 
 depredations of the French ])rivateers out of Ancona 
 and Pissara." 
 
 Meanwhile the balance of naval ])ower in the 
 Mediterranean was rapidly changing to the disadvantage 
 of the British. Jervis' operations during the early 
 months of 1700 w^ere chiefly confined to the despatch 
 of small squadrons in particular ser\ ice like that of 
 VValdegrave which cut out the \c///('si.s. Sard'tiw, and 
 Postilion ivoni Tunis in March, or that of Nelson which 
 harassed the coast of Genoa, destroyed and captured 
 convoys, and took oft' the British residents and their 
 
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 property from Leghorn on the approach of the French 
 to that city in June ; a month later Nelson with a small 
 squadron took possession of Porto Ferrajo in Elba, in 
 order to prevent that port of the Grand Duke of 
 Tuscany from serving as a base for the designs which 
 the French were known to be maturing for the recapture 
 of Corsica. 
 
 The situation of the British in the Mediterranean 
 became first compromised by the offensive and defensive 
 alliance between France and Spain which was signed at 
 Madrid on August 19th. Even before the signature 
 of this treaty, the French and Spanish fleets were 
 acting in concert. On August 4th the Spanish fleet 
 of twenty sail of the line, under Langara, escorted a 
 strong squadron of French ships, consisting of seven 
 sail of the line and frigates under Richery out of Cadiz, 
 and detached a squadron of ten sail 100 miles to the 
 westward in order to see the French Commander safely 
 on his way to his destination in North America. 
 Both sections of the Spanish fleet returned later to 
 Cadiz. Early in October, a few days before the decla- 
 ration of war against England by Spain, Langara put 
 to sea with nineteen sail of the line and ten frigates, 
 and stood into the Straits of Gibraltar. A few days 
 afterwards he was joined at Cartagena by seven line of 
 battle ships, and cruised eastward up the JNIediter- 
 ranean with his united command. Although so 
 superior in strength, Langara for some inscrutable 
 reason refused to engage Jervis, who was lying at 
 anchor in Mortella Bay, with fourteen sail of the line 
 only, and so missed a chance of annihilating the British 
 forces in those seas. The Spanish Admiral chose rather 
 to proceed to Toulon, where on the 26th of the month 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 he ancliored alongside the French fleet of eighteen 
 sail. The allied French and Spanish. Admirals now- 
 had at tlieir disposal a fleet of thirty-eight sail of the 
 line and eighteen or twenty frigates, a force which in 
 capable hands might almost have changed the destinies 
 of Enrope. 
 
 As it was. things were bad enongh for the British. 
 Buonaparte was rapidly subduing the northern coast 
 of the ^Mediterranean bv his arms. The Kiuir of 
 Sardinia liad been compelled to yield Savoy to the 
 Republicans, and tlie King of the two Sicilies had 
 become a mere \assal to the French. The British 
 Government now decided that it was inadvisable to 
 hold Corsica any longer. Just before the expected 
 rupture with Spain, orders were sent out for the island 
 to be evacuated and the troops and stores to be re- 
 moved to Forto Ferrajo in Elba. .lust as the measure 
 was being carried into effect, the French invaded 
 the island under CTcntilli and Casalta. two Corsican 
 exiles, who embarked their force on a number of light 
 vessels from I.,eghorn unobserved by a single l^ritish 
 cruiser. The arrival of this force, which was joined by 
 a contingent of native troops, nuich hastened the de- 
 parture of the ]^ritis]i. Xelson, at Bastia. and other 
 captains at San Fiorcny-o, did what was possible to save 
 men and stores, but there is little doubt that Corsica 
 was abandoned in circumstances of some ignominy and 
 that garrisons of l^ritish troops were captured by the 
 enemy. By October 22nd the whole island, which 
 had for so long formed a rendezvous for the British 
 scpiadrons. was in the hands of the enemy, and on 
 November 2nd Jervis, having ascertained that liangara 
 had anchored in Toulon, set sail for Mortella Bay with 
 
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 thirteen ships of the line, some merchant vessels his 
 frigates had brought down from Smyrna, the troops 
 and stores from Bastia, and on December 11th 
 anchored in safety in Rosia Bay. The jNlediterranean 
 was thus left at the close of 179G without a 
 single British line of battle ship cruising in its waters. 
 ^\lmost at the moment that the British fleet anchored 
 at Gibraltar, ^^illeneuve, witli five sail of the line 
 and his frigates, passed unmolested through the Straits 
 in an easterly gale, which did mucli damage to 
 Jervis' fleet, who lost the Couragcu.r and nearly 
 lost the Gibraltar and Cullodcn. On December 16th 
 Jervis sailed for the Tagus, where he expected 
 reinforcements, and anchored in the river at Lisbon 
 on the 21st, where he found only the St. Albans, 64, 
 to augment liis connnand. The British power in the 
 Mediterranean at the close of the year 1796 was 
 represented solely by the squadron under Nelson at 
 Porto Ferrajo and small bodies of frigates like that 
 commanded by Captain Tyler in L'Aigie. 
 
 Jervis' retreat, which from one point of view looked 
 almost disastrous, was justified by the action which 
 he fought with the Spanish fleet off St. V^incent on 
 February 14th, 1797. It was Nelson returning with 
 his squadron from Elba who brought the first news 
 of the Spanish Admiral Cordova. Cordova had left 
 Cartagena with twenty-seven sail of the line and 
 twelve frigates on the first of the month. Near 
 Gibraltar two of his line of battle ships had chased 
 Nelson, who afterwards got sight of the Spanish fleet 
 of which he brought information to Jervis. The latter 
 in the meantime had been joined by five sail of the line 
 and a frigate, which gave him a force of fifteen sail of 
 
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 the line and seven smaller vessels. With this fleet, as 
 we know, he encountered Cordova with his twenty- 
 seven sail of the line off St. ^^ineellt, and, taking 
 advantage of his loose formation, inflicted a signal 
 defeat, captured four line of battle ships, drove the 
 remainder of his fleet shattered and discomfited to 
 Cadiz, and efFectually destroyed the plans formed by 
 France and Spain for the invasion of England. 
 
 It was just after this action that Ty^^^' '^vitli his 
 little squadron of frigates joined the parent fleet. We 
 find the following passage in the memoir of Admiral 
 Webley Parry : 
 
 ' IjAif^'Ie was about to join Sir John Jervis. but 
 
 * was just too late for the action of February 14th off 
 
 * Cape St. Vincent. She passed through the shattered 
 ■* remains of the Spanish fleet, from the position of 
 ' which it was easy to see there had been an engage- 
 ' ment.' 
 
 She fell in with a suspicious-looking vessel, which 
 Mr. Webley reported to Captain Tyler, and at the 
 same time asked if he should order the men to 
 the boats to board and examine her. It was blow- 
 ing a gale at the time, and the captain made 
 some objection and remarked upon exposing the men 
 unnecessarily. Upon which ^Ir. AVebley quickly 
 replied, ' I will never send the men. Sir, where I am 
 afraid of going myself.' Captain Tyler then consented, 
 the boats were lowered in a few miinitcs, and Mr. 
 \\'^ebley was the first man in them. They boarded the 
 stranger and found her to be a neutral vessel, so they 
 had a hard pull through a tremendous sea for nothing. 
 On their return, and just as Mr. Webley was stepping 
 on deck, there was a cry of ' three men overboard ! ' 
 
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 MEMOIKS OF 
 
 He stopped not an instant, but got a rope, and jumping 
 overboard saved all three. 
 
 liater UA'tglc appears to liave attaehed to Jervis' 
 fleet, having its headquarters at I^isbon, and whieli, 
 having been reinforced to a strength of twenty-one sail 
 of the hne, left that port on ^Nlarch 31st for a blockade 
 of Cadiz during the sunnner. Tyler, however, does 
 not seem to ha\'e shared any of the greater operations 
 of that year, memorable for the abandonment of the 
 Mediterranean to the French, for the unlucky ex- 
 pedition to Teneriffe, for the great peril of the Mutiny 
 at the Nore, and for Duncan's victory at Camperdown. 
 
 AVe are able to follow in some detail the duties 
 wdiich were performed by cruisers like Ij Aigic, from 
 a short account, in Tyler's own handwriting, of his 
 doings ojfif Cape Finisterre during a few weeks of July 
 and August of \1\)7. These, we imagine, were typical 
 of the services which were rendered by the rank and 
 file of the fleet — the storm-beaten ships which, as 
 Captain Mahan tells us, kept watch and ward on the 
 movements of the enemy, chastised the insolence of 
 privateers, acted, indeed, as the eyes and ears of the 
 service and facilitated the concentration of forces which 
 from time to time bore fruit in operations on a higher 
 scale, like the battles of St. A^incent and the Nile. 
 
 Tyler, in IjAiglc, had imder his orders the Boston, 
 frigate, witli whom he was daily in touch : the two 
 vessels would take a wide beat down the French coast, 
 and And out the nationality and business of exevy sail they 
 sighted. There nuist have been much of the sporting 
 element in these proceedings, which might result in the 
 discovery of a friend instead of a foe, or of a foe from 
 which it was necessary to run and bear tidings to the 
 
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 Admiral, who would be wanting iiilbniiatiou of her 
 Diovenieiits. The first proceeding- on tlie sighting of a 
 strange sail was an order to chase. Thus we read 
 on .luly 27th tiiat at daylight tlie lio.stint spoke a 
 stranger which proved to be the M'lnotiuir, Captain 
 Louis, wlio is under the orders of Captain Pain, 
 ImpetueiLV. These vessels, with tlie Phucion and 
 \iliiij)li, were out cruising in the hope of intercej)ting 
 the Spanish ships. Captain Tyler went aboard the 
 ^linotdiir alter dinner with the captain of the Boston. 
 W\\\\it there ' We saw three line of battle ships bearing 
 S.S.W.' This discovery brings an innnediate end to 
 the visit. Tyler and Morris lun*ry back to their ships, 
 and make all sail in the direction of the strani^ers. 
 'I'hese proved to be the Defence, Gibraltdr, and Majestic 
 on the way to reinforce St. Mneent at the Tagus, but 
 they might just as well have declared themselves as 
 Frenchmen or S])aniards, from which the nimble 
 frigates nuist have fled. 
 
 A day or two later we see the Boston and L'Aigle 
 sej)arati'ng, each in chase of a small vessel making to 
 the Frencii coast for safety. After giving the order 
 to make sail, 'I'yler gives another of a different 
 character, which is thus laconically recorded in his 
 journal : ' I'unislied Conelius Connolly 2 doz. for 
 nuitiny and drunkenness." 
 
 The chase results in the capture of the HcrMrd 
 lugger with two guns and six swivels, manned by fifty- 
 six men, and three days out from Corunnn, the sort 
 of vessel verv troublcst^me to merchantmen niakino- for 
 the Channel, or loitering astern of tlieir convoy. One 
 result of the capture is that Tyler learns there is a 
 line of battle ship and three frigates ready for sea in 
 
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 that part, and four sail of the Hue at Ferrol. Another 
 is that the Boston is recalled and sent southward in the 
 hopes of intercepting a twenty-gun brig, which had 
 left Corunna the same day as the lugger. The captain 
 of the captured \-essel seems to ha\e been strangely 
 communicative, but it is possible Tyler found means to 
 make him speak. Tyler manned his craft with a crew 
 made up of companies from UA'igle and Boston . and 
 records his intention of keeping her * for this cruise in 
 hopes of decoying the enemy.' This process we see 
 later in operation, and others in which the smaller 
 vessel is used in cutting-out operations against ships of 
 the enemy lying under the guns of batteries. 
 
 The result of months spent on this service may 
 be traced in the prize lists of the naval chroniclers. 
 Wc read of a long list of armed vessels which fell to 
 Tyler's energy and zeal, all of small armament and low 
 tonnage it is true, which, though harmful enough to 
 British merchantmen, were not of sufficient value to 
 swell Tyler's pay to any serious extent. Luggers of 
 eight guns, brigs, and cutters were the craft he chiefly 
 preyed upon, varied at times by a more considerable 
 capture, as when, early in 1798, he fell in with and 
 took the Kcgn'ni privateer of twenty guns. Tyler, 
 while on these cruises, which brought his ship in the 
 neighbourhood of liome w^aters, must often have cast a 
 wistful glance northward in the direction of the Channel. 
 From the few letters passing between the members 
 of his family at this period, it would seem that, in 
 February of 1798, lie had hopes of being transferred to 
 another command. He apparently was sent to England 
 with a convoy, and the following letter from his aunt, 
 Eady Dacre, to his wife, show tliat he was in\ oking Ihe 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 aid of that lady's interest with Lord Spencer as a means 
 of using his visit home as a step to the command of 
 a Hne of battle sliip. 
 
 We transcribe also a letter of Tyler's own to the 
 Secretary of the /Vdmiralty which speaks very elo- 
 quently of the exigencies of the service at sea during 
 the Revolutionary Wars. ^Ve have no means of know- 
 ing whether Tyler gained the leave he sought. We 
 hope that he did : he certainly failed in his application 
 to Lord Spencer for a new ship, for we have still a 
 year through which to follow his fortunes in L Aigle. 
 
 ' J5ruton Street, 
 
 'February 7th, 17*>S. 
 
 ' I cannot resist, my dear Mrs. Tyler, expressing my 
 ' satisfaction on the hopes of so soon seeing Captain 
 ' Tyler. As by a letter from him he informs me that 
 ' he is to sail homewards with a con\oy immediately. I 
 ' conclude the same pleasing intelligence has been an- 
 ' nounced to yourself, and 1 sincerely participate with 
 ' you in this looked-for happiness. The Captain has 
 ' desired me to get a recommendation of him to Lord 
 ' Spencer, and, in consequence, I have written to Lord 
 ' Camden to have the g-oodness to send me a letter to 
 * that purpose, for Cliarles to present as a means of 
 ' getting another sliip, which 1 persuade myself from 
 ' your own good sense you will have no objection to, 
 ' as certainly, in times like the present, every officer 
 ' would wish to be employed in the defence of his 
 ' country. Indeed, I look forward with much pleasure 
 ' to seeing your husband, liaving a most sincere affec- 
 ' tion for him. whicli has been increased by the good 
 ' character he bears. I am constrained in time having 
 ' many things to do this morning, so sliall only add 
 ' Miss Lennard s and my best wislies to yourself and 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 ' family, and subscribe myself with miicii esteem, dear 
 
 * Madam, ' Your affectionate, linmble serv^ant, 
 
 ' A. Dacuf,.' 
 
 ' Spithead, 
 
 ' Feb. 27, 171)8. 
 
 * My dear Sir, 
 
 ' Altliough it is many years since I have the pleasure 
 ' of seeing you, I hope you have not forgot C. Tyler 
 ' who now solicits your interest for a fortnight's leave 
 
 * to see a sick wife at Hath. I fear she is much worse 
 ' than she tells me which has shaken my resolution of 
 ' not asking leave, altho' 1 lune not seen my family 
 
 * for fiA e years. If you can obtain it for me without 
 ' a public letter, I should be glad, and if you see a great 
 ' impropriety in my re({uest, I must endeavour to bear 
 
 * with patience a hard lot. I beg your forgiveness for 
 ' this trouble, and remain, my dear Sir, 
 
 ' Your most obedient, 
 
 ' CUAIU-KS TVLKK. 
 
 ' Evan Nepean Esqr.' 
 
 Tyler's last service in IjAi^Ic was that of carrying 
 despatches to Nelson. It is a matter of history how 
 the latter was despatched by St. Vincent on May 'ind, 
 1708, in the Vangiuird with a small squadron to ascer- 
 tain the object of the extensive preparations at Toulon ; 
 how he discovered that object to be an expedition of 
 4(),0()() men, under Buonaparte, for Egypt, and having 
 been joined by a strong reinforcement which brought 
 his command up to fourteen sail of the line, how 
 he tracked the French Heet to Aboukir Bay, and on 
 August 1st, at the action of the Nile, destroyed it, 
 thus at a stroke recovering the command of the iNIediter- 
 ranean for the 15ritish. 
 
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 Altliou*»h Cjiptaiii Tyler was not engaged at the 
 Nile, tluit niemonible eneoiuiter has an interest tor us 
 if only that one of our prizes, Lc Tonndnt, a fine Freneh 
 ship of the line which made a most gallant defence, 
 was afterwards commanded by him at Trafalgar. .Also 
 among Admiral Tyler's papers was found an interesting 
 account of the engagement by a French officer present, 
 which appeals worthy of being printed at length. ' The 
 following account of the action of the Nile.' says Tyler, 
 
 * was written in French on board the ^Ikwtutder on 
 her passage to Naples by M. C, Adjutant-General to 
 .Vdmiral Blanquet.' 
 
 'The first of August. I7l>«. wind N.N.W.. light 
 
 * breezes and fair weather, the 2nd division of the Heet 
 ' sent a party on slu)re to dig wells. E\ery ship in the 
 ' tieet sent 25 men to protect the workmen from the 
 'continual attacks of the l^edouins and \'agabonds of 
 ' the country. 
 
 ' At 2 p.m. the Heurc/LV made the signal for 12 
 ' sail \V.S.A\\, which we could easily distinguish from 
 ' the mastheads to be ships of war. The signal was 
 
 * then made for all boats, workmen, and guards to re- 
 ' pair on bojird their ships, which was only obeyed by a 
 
 * small mnnber. At 8 p.m. the Admiral not having 
 ' any doubts but that the ships in sight were the enemy, 
 ' ordered the hannnocks to be stowed for action and 
 ' directed IJ Alert and RiiiUcr, brigs of war, to recon- 
 ' noitre the enemy, which were soon perceived to be 
 
 * steering for 15cg Hay, under a crowd of canvas, but 
 ' without observing any order of sailing. 
 
 ' At 4 p.m. we saw over tlie fort of Aboukir Bay, 
 ' two slii})s, (the Ahwfuiiler and SrciJlsKrr), apparently 
 ' waiting to join the squadron. Without doubt they 
 ' had been sent to look into the Fort of Alexandria. 
 ' We likewise saw a brig with the 12 ships so that they 
 
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 were ik^w 14 sail of* the line and a brig. L\4lert 
 then began to put the Admiral's orders into execu- 
 tion, viz. . . . 
 
 ' To stand towards the enemy until nearly within 
 gunshot and then to manoeuvre and endeavour to 
 draw them towards the outer shoal lying off the 
 island. But the Enghsh Admiral had without doubt 
 experienced pilots on board, as he did not pay any 
 attention to the brig's track, but allowed her to go 
 away hauling well round all the danger. At this time a 
 small boat despatched from Alexandria to Rossetta 
 voluntarily bore down to the English brig which took 
 possession of her, notwithstanding the repeated effort 
 of the Alert to prevent it by firing a great many shot 
 at the boat. At .5 o'clock, the enemy came to the 
 wind in succession ; this nuuKjeuvre convinced us that 
 they intended attacking us tiiat evening. The Admiral 
 got top gallant ynrds across l)ut soon after made the 
 signal that he intended engaging the enemy at anchor, 
 convinced without doubt that he had not seamen 
 enough to engage under sail (for he wanted at least 
 200 good seamen for each ship). After the signal 
 each ship ought to have sent a stream cable to the ship 
 astern of her, and to have made a Hawser fast to the 
 cable 20 fathoms in the water, and passed the opposite 
 side to tiiat intended as a spring. This was not generally 
 executed. Orders were then given to let go another 
 Bovver anchor, and the broadsides of the ships were 
 brought to bear upon the enemy, having the ships' 
 heads S.E. from the Island of Bequier, forming a line 
 about 1800 fathoms X.W. and S.E. distant from each 
 other 80 fathoms, and in the position marked plan 1st. 
 each with an anchor out S.S.E. At a quarter past 5 
 one of tiie enemy's ships tiiat was steering to get to 
 windward of the headmost of the line (the Cullodcn) 
 ran on the reef E.X.E. of the Island. She had imme- 
 (hate assistance from the brig and got afloat in the 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 ' morniiii*-. The battery on the Ishind opened a Hre on 
 ' the enemy and tlieir shells I'ell ahead of the seeond 
 * ship in the hne. 
 
 • At half-past five, the headmost ships of onr Hne 
 ' being within ounshot of the enemy, the Admiral 
 ' made the signal to engage, whieh was not obeyed till 
 ' the enemy was within pistol shot and past donbling 
 'us. The aetion then beeame very warm. The 
 ' Cojujuenuit began to fire, then Lc Gncrricr, Le 
 ' Sparfiafc, L'Ac(jn}IIoi\ Lc Pen pic Soiivcra'nic and I.c 
 ' Frdiiklui. At six oeloek, the Scrku.sc frigate and the 
 ' Hervulc bomb cut their cables and got under way. 
 ' To avoid the enemy's fire they got on shore, the 
 ' Scriciisc caught hre and burnt part of her masts. The 
 ' Aiiemi.sc ^\•AS obliged to get under way and likewise 
 ' got on shore ; the two frigates sent their ship\ com- 
 ' pany on board the different line of battle ships. 
 
 ' The sloops of war, two bombs, and se\eral trans- 
 ' ports that were with the fleet were more successful. 
 ' as they got under way, and reached the anchorage. 
 ' under the protection of the Fort of Aboukir. All 
 ' the van were attacked on both sides by the enemy 
 ' who ranged close upon our line. They had each an 
 ' anchor out astern which facilitated their motion, and 
 ' enabled them to place themselves in the most adv:m- 
 ' tageous position. 
 
 ' At a (juarter past six, the FraiihTni opened her 
 ' fire upon the enemy from the starl)oard side. xVt 
 ' three quarters past' six, she was engaged on both 
 ' sides. I : Otic tit at the same time began firing from 
 ' her starboard side, and at seven the Tomiuut opened 
 'her fire. All the ships from the Giicrricr to the 
 ' I'onncint were now engaged against a superior force. 
 ' This onlv redoubled the ardour of the French, who 
 ' kept up a very hea\ y fire. At 8 p.m. the enemy s 
 ' ship Bcllerophou which was engaged with I^Orieut 
 ' in her starboard (piarter, notwithstanding her advan- 
 
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 MKMOIHS OF 
 
 * tageous position, was dismasted and so roughly treated 
 ■* that she cut her cables and drove farther from the line. 
 ' This event gave the FrcuiJdhi hopes tliat the IjOnent 
 
 * would now he able to assist her by attacking one of 
 
 * the ships opposed to lier. but at this very moment the 
 ■' enemy's ships ^iJcwander and Siaftsiirc that liad been 
 
 * observed astern of tlie fleet, and were cpiite t'resli, 
 
 * steered riglit for the centre. One of them advanced on 
 ■' L," Orient and anchored on her Larl)oard (juarter. Tlie 
 
 * action in this phicc then became extremely warm. 
 
 * Admiral de Hrueys, who at this time had been sliglitly 
 
 * wounded in tlie head and arm, very soon receix ed a 
 ' shot in the belly which almost cut liim in two. He 
 •'desired not to l)e carried ])eIow but be left to (he on 
 
 * the deck : lie only lived a (juartcr of an hour. 
 
 • Hear Admiral Jilanquette as well as his ^Vide-de- 
 
 * Camp were unacquainted with this melancholy event 
 
 * until the action was nearly oxer. Admiral l^lan(|uctte 
 ' received a se\ ere wound in his eye which knocked him 
 
 * down. He was carried off the deck senseless. At a 
 
 * quarter past eight the Pcuplc Soiivcrtduc drove to 
 ' leeward off the line, and anchored a cable's length 
 
 * abreast of the L'Onoit. It was not known wiiat 
 ' imfortunate c\ cut occasioned this ; the vacant space 
 ' she made placed the Fnui/r/ift in a more unfortunate 
 ' position, and it became very critical froni one of the 
 
 * enemy's fresh ships Lca/K/'cr which had been to the 
 ' assistance of the ship on shore, anchoring athwart the 
 ' Fr<uikri)i\s bow and commencing a very heavy raking 
 
 * fire. Xotwifhstanding the dreadful situation of the 
 ' ships in the centre they continually ke})t up a \ ery 
 
 * heavy fire. 
 
 • At liaU-past eight p.m. the action was very general 
 
 * IVoni the Giicrricr to the Mcrciirc and the two fleets 
 
 * engaged in the position in(Ucated in the plan 2nd. 
 ' The death of ^Vdmiral de Hrueys and the severe wound 
 
 * of .Vdmiral Hlan(juctte nnist have deeply affected the 
 
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 ADMIRAL TVLKU 
 
 ' people wlio fouulit under tlieni. hut it added to their 
 
 • ardour for revenge, and the action continued on hoth 
 ' sides with areat ohstiiuicw 
 
 ' At 1) o'clock the siiij)s in the Aan slackened their 
 ' fire, and soon after totally ceased, so witii infinite 
 
 • soi'row we supposed they had surrendered : thev were 
 
 • dismasted soon after the action l)egan and so much 
 ' damaged that it is to be presumed that they could not 
 ' hold out any longer against an enemy so superior by 
 ' an ad\ antageous ])osition in placing se\eral ships 
 
 • against one ; at a quarter past !) o'clock the 1^' Orient 
 ' caugiit fire in the cabin and it soon afterwaixls broke out 
 ' upon the po<jp. E\"ery effort was made to extinguish 
 ' it, but without effect, and very soon it was so con- 
 ' siderable that there was no ho])e of saving the ship. 
 
 ' .At half-past \) Citoyen (Tillet, capitaine de l*a\ illon 
 ' of the FrdnlAlu was very severely wounded and 
 
 * carried off deck. At three-({uai-ters past 9 the arm 
 
 * chest filled with cartridges blew up and set fire to 
 ' several places in the poop and (juarter deck, but was 
 'fortunately extinguished. Her (the FrditlTni'.s) situa- 
 
 * tion was still \'ery desperate, surroimded by enemies^ 
 'and only SO fathoms to windward of L' Orient (which 
 'Avas) entirely on fire, nothing less could l)e expected 
 
 * than her falling a prey either to the enemy or the fiames. 
 
 ' i\t 10 o'clock, the main and mi/zen mast fell and 
 ' all the guns on the main deck were dismounted. At 
 'half-past 10. the Tannant cut her cables to avoid the 
 ' fire from the U Orient. The English ship that was on 
 ' the IJ Orie)tt\s larboard (piai'ter. as soon as she had done 
 'firing on her, brought her broadside upon the Tonnant\'i 
 ' bow, and kept up a heavy raking fire. The Henreihv 
 'and Merenre conceived that they ought likewise to cut 
 ' their cables. This maiHinivre created so much con- 
 ' fusion amongst the rear ships that they fired into each 
 ' other, and did considerable damage. The Tininant 
 ' anchored ahead of Gnil. TelL Genereihv, and Tinioleon, 
 
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 * The other two sliips got on shore. The ship that 
 ' eriiraofed the ToniKint on her bow cut lier cables, all her 
 
 * rigging and sails were cut to pieces and she drove down 
 ' and anchored astern of the English ship that had been 
 
 * eniratTinir tlie Heurcii.v ajid ^Lercnre before thev changed 
 
 * their position. Those of the Etat Major and ^Ship's 
 
 * Company of the I j' Orient who had escaped death, 
 
 * convinced of tlie impossibility of extinguishing the 
 
 * fire, which iiad now got down on the middle gun deck, 
 
 * endeavoured to save themselves. Rear Admiral 
 ^ Ganteaume saved himself in a Ijoat, and went on board 
 
 * the Salaminc, and from thence to Aboukir and 
 
 * Alexandria. The Adjutant-General xMotard, altho' 
 
 * badly wounded swam to the ship nearest the L' Orient, 
 ' wliich proved to be English. Commodore Cassibanca 
 
 * and his son (only ten years of age, who during the 
 
 * action gave proofs of bravery and intelligence far above 
 ' his years) were not so fortunate. They were in the 
 
 * water on the wreck of L'Orieufs masts, not being able 
 ' to swim, seeking each other until three-quarters past 
 
 * 10, when the sliip blew up, and put an end to their 
 ' hopes and fears. The explosion was dreadful, and 
 ■* snread the fire to a considerable distance. The 
 ' Frdiiklins decks were covered with red hot beams and 
 
 * pieces of timber and ropes on fire. She was on fire, but 
 ' it was luckily got under. Immediately after this 
 '* tremendous explosion the action ceased everywhere, 
 ' and was succeeded by the most profound silence. The 
 ^ sky was darkened by thick clouds of black smoke 
 
 * which seemed to threaten the destruction of the two 
 ' fleets ; it was a quarter of an hour before the ships' 
 ' crews recovered from the stupor they were thrown 
 ^ into. 
 
 ' Towards 11 o'clock the Franklin, anxious to pre- 
 ' serve the trust confided in her, recommenced the action 
 ' with a few of her lower deck guns, tlie rest were dis- 
 "* mounted, two-thirds of the ship's company were killed 
 
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 and wounded, and those who remained were most 
 fatigued. Slie was surrounded by enemy's ships who 
 mowed down the men by every broadside ; at half-past 
 11 o'cloek, having only three lower deek guns that 
 could defend the honour of the Flag it became neces- 
 sary to put an end to so disproportioned a struggle, and 
 Citizen Martinel, C'aptaiji of a frigate, ordered the 
 colours to be struck. The action in the rear of the 
 ilect was very trifling until three-cpiarters past 
 1 1 o'clock, when it became ^'ery warm. 
 
 ' Three of tlie enemy's ship were engaging them, and 
 two were very near (as may be seen, plan 3). The 
 Tonnafif, already badly treated, was nearest the ships 
 engaged and returned a very brisk fire. About 
 8 o'clock in the morning she was dismasted, and 
 obliged to cut her cables a second time, and not 
 having any more anchors, she drove on shore. The 
 G/. TcIL Ic Qcuereux, and 1c Tinioleon shifted their 
 berths and anchored farther down out of gunshot. 
 These ships were not much damaged. At half-past 8 
 the action ceased throughout the line. Early in 
 the morning the frigate la Justice got under way, 
 and made several small tacks to keep near the Gl. 
 Tclh tmd at 9 o'clock anchored. ^Vt (5 o'clock two 
 English ships ( Theseus and Goliath), joined those 
 which had been engaging the rear, and began firing 
 on the HeureiLv and Mercure which were aground. 
 Tlie former soon struck and the latter followed 
 her example, as they could not bring their broad- 
 sides to bear upon the enemy. ^Vt half-past 7 the 
 ship's crew of the Artonise frigate quitted her and set 
 her on fire. At 8 o'clock she blew up. 'J'he enemy 
 had without doubt received great damages in tiieir 
 masts and yards, as they did not get under way to 
 attack the remains of the French fleet. The French 
 flag was Hying on four ships of the line and two 
 frigates, Tiinoleon, Tonnant, Genci'ciLv, G. Tell, I^a 
 
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 ' Justice, La JJ/dnc. This division made the most of 
 'their time. At three-quarters past 11 a.m. the G. 
 ' Tell, IjC Genereux, La Diane, La Justice, were under 
 ' way and formed in hne of battle. The English ship 
 'that was under way stood towards her fleet, fearing she 
 ' might be eut off. Two other ships were immediately 
 ' under way [Leander and Audacious) to assist her. At 
 ' noon the Timoleon, whieh was probably not in a state 
 ' to put to sea, steered right for the shore under her fore- 
 ' sail, and as soon as she struck the ground, her foremast 
 ' fell. The front division joined the enemy's ships wliieh 
 ' ranged along their line on opposite tacks within pistol 
 ' shot, and receix ed their broadsides which were returned. 
 ' They then continued their route ; the di\ision was in 
 ' sight at sunset. Nothing remarkable happened during 
 ' the night of the 2nd. 
 
 ' Tiie .'3rd of August in the morning the Frencli 
 ' colours were flying in the Tonuaut and the Timoleon. 
 ' The Enolisli Admiral sent a cartel to the former to 
 'know if she had struck, and upon being answered in 
 ' the negative, he directed the two sliips ( Theseus and 
 ^Leander) to go against her. She then struck, it being 
 ' impossible to defend her any longer. The Timoleon 
 ' was aground too near in for any ship to approach her . . . 
 ' in the night of the 2nd inst. She sent the greatest 
 ' part of her ship's company on shore, and at noon the 
 ' next day they quitted her and set her on fire. 
 
 ' Thus ended the journal of the first, second, and 
 'third days of August 171)8, which will ever be remem- 
 ' bered with the gi-eatest sorrow by those Frenclnnen 
 ' who possess good hearts, and by those true Republicans 
 ' wlio liave survived this melancholy disaster. — Amen.' 
 
 It may be noticed that the account of the end of 
 Casablanca and his son preserved in this memorandum 
 differs materially from the version of it accepted 
 hitherto. So far from ' standing on tlie burning deck,'
 
 ADMIUAL TYLER 
 
 both father and son would seem to have been in the 
 water long before U Orient blew up. 
 
 The Tonnant, which as appears from the narrative 
 was one of the last sliips of the French fleet to surrender, 
 was built at Toulon and launched in 17i)2. She was of 
 the French rating of 80 guns and an exceedingly fine 
 vessel of her class, being built of the Adriatic oak, a 
 timber wliich in those days had a reputation above any 
 other for toughness and durability. A similar ship, the 
 Franklin, also taken at the Nile, was reckoned the finest 
 two-decked vessel afloat, and armed on the French plan, 
 these 80-gun ships were more than a match for a British 
 98, seamanship and other qualities in their crews being- 
 considered equal, throwing as they did a broadside of 
 1287 lbs. from 40 guns against the Enghsli 1012 lbs. 
 from 52. It is related of the brave Commodore Petit- 
 Thonars, who commanded the Tonnant at the Nile, that 
 he lost one arm and both legs from the English fire. 
 He refused, however, to go below, and ordered a barrel of 
 bran to be brought in which he was set upright. In 
 this position he continued to fight his ship till he fainted 
 from loss of blood, and expired facing the enemy on his 
 quarter-deck. 'J'he defeat of French sailors inspired by 
 such a spirit as this seems to give an additional lustre to 
 the laurels of Xelson and his subordinates gained at the 
 Nile, a fight distinguished in some ways from any other 
 that history relates. 
 
 It would seem that Captain Tyler only missed being 
 present at this battle by an unfortunate mishap to his 
 ship. He was bound eastward with a fair wind carrying 
 despatches from Admiral St. Vincent to Nelson, when 
 on July 19th, 1798, UAigle went ashore on Plane 
 Island off Cape Farina, and became a total wreck. 
 
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 The circumstances of this disaster were duly inquired 
 into by a Court-martial, held at Cadiz, on board the 
 Pi'incc, two months later. The Court was presided over 
 by Sir Roger Curtis, the second in command of the 
 Mediterranean Fleet, and included well-known officers 
 like Admiral Parker and Captain Collingwood. With- 
 out giving evidence in detail, we may perhaps record a 
 summary of the facts wliich appeared. 
 
 At noon on July 19th, UAlgh had made such 
 progress on her voyage eastward as had brought her 
 off the Island of Galita, which lay S.S.W. from 
 the ship at a distance of three or four leagues. The 
 vessel was sailing with a following wind from the N. W., 
 and was making good progress at the rate of ten 
 to twelve knots an hour. Captain Tyler then set a 
 course which should bring him off Cape Farina and 
 Plane Island, a position which should enable him to set 
 a further course across the Ray of Tunis for Cape Ron 
 and the Island of Zimbra, which he hoped to make 
 before dark, as a good departure for his run during the 
 coming night. The log was kept going during the 
 afternoon's run, and at 6 p.m. an island was sighted on 
 the starboard bow. Tyler, comparing the run as recorded 
 by the log with the known distance between Galita and 
 Cape Farina, concluded without hesitation that the 
 island sighted was Plane Island, wliich lies off Cape 
 Farina. In this opinion he was supported by all the 
 officers of his ship who had been off that coast before, 
 and by others whose opinion was less valuable. 
 
 Having no doubt as to his bearings, Captain Tyler 
 immediately gave orders for shaping a course to E.N.E., 
 with tlie object, as he told tlie Court, of avoiding the 
 current which, as he had found from former experience, 
 
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 generally sets into the Bay of Tunis. ' I then deemed 
 ' myself to be Just opening the Bay, Cape Farina being 
 ' the western cape thereof.' He kept on this course till 
 7.30, during which time he made 11 miles 2 fathoms 
 by the log. ' Considering,' said he, ' myself now out of 
 ' the influence of the indraught of Tunis Bay, and as 
 ' there was every appearance of bad weather ... I 
 ' ordered the ship to be steered S.E. by S., with a view 
 ' to make the Island of Zimbra, which lies off the 
 ' western part of Cape Bon.' The ship ran five miles 
 and two fathoms on that course, and at 8 p.m. land was 
 sighted on the starboard bow, bearing S. by E. 
 
 ' Being confident that I had passed Cape Farina,' 
 continued Captain Tyler, • I knew there could in that 
 ' case be no land in that direction but tlie Island ot 
 ' Zimbra and Cape Bon. I kept the land a point open 
 ' on the starboard bow, steering S.S.E. The wind 
 ' blowing very hard and squally, I ordered tlie topsails 
 ' to be close reefed. We steered S.S.E., half-past 
 ' 9 p.m., and run upon that course 14 miles and 
 ' 6 fathoms. At this time I saw land open with the 
 ' western land of what I took to be Cape Bon, and 
 ' having on former occasions when off the Cape seen 
 ' land of the same shape and situation with respect to 
 ' the Cape, I was now more than ever convinced that it 
 ' was Cape Bon 1 was approaching. I considered we 
 ' were then at least three leagues from the land, and, 
 ' not having the smallest doubt of our situation, I 
 ' desired the Master, who w^is on the starboard gangway, 
 ' to go down and shape a course to go to the southward 
 ' of the island of Pantalario. Five minutes after I 
 ' went down to lay off* the course myself, to see how it 
 ' might correspond with what the Master might give, 
 ' desiring IJeut. Briggs, officer of the watch, to keep a 
 ' particularly good look-out ahead, and, as the ship was 
 
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 ' going 10 knots, to have the foresail up, to be the 
 ' more ready for making towards any vessel I might 
 ' chance to fall in with off the Cape, as I was extremely 
 ' desirous of gaining intelligence of Admiral Nelson, for 
 ' whom I had despatches.' 
 
 Captain Tyler had hardly reached his cabin when he 
 heard a great tumult on deck. He ran up, and, while 
 on the quarter-deck ladder, heard repeated orders to 
 ' Put the helm aport ; there are rocks ahead ! ' He was 
 so convinced of the position of his ship, and of the 
 impossibility of there being land on the port, that he 
 reversed the order by shouting, " Starboard ! ' He then 
 ran to the port side of the ship, only to discover rocks 
 and breakers under the main and mizzen chains, when 
 he again reversed the order to ' Hard a- port ! ' The two 
 orders, however, were given so close together that the 
 helmsman had no time to carry out the first, and they 
 had no effect upon the result. This result was that 
 UAigle struck hard on the rocks of Plane Island, a 
 point which Tyler and all on board thought they had 
 passed hours before. 
 
 We may leave Tyler himself to relate the further 
 particulars of his misfortunes. 
 
 ' The ship struck very hard and knocked her rudder 
 ' off, the sea breaking over the starboard gangway. I 
 ' observed the point of the reef on the larboard bow, 
 ' and was in hopes that by the lift of the sea, and by 
 ' making sail, she might get off. The spanker w^as set, 
 ' the tacks hauled on board. She struck so hard, and 
 ' the rocks were so sharp that in a very little time she 
 ' was full of water. The pumps ^^■ere at work, but she 
 ' was bulged in several places. The fore and maintop 
 ' masts broke off by the lower caps. Seeing no chance 
 ' of escape, 1 consulted the officers, who were of 
 
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 * opinion nothing could be done but save the people. 
 ' Tlie niizzen must was cut away for the men to get on 
 
 * tlie rocks by means thereof. The courses were hauled 
 ' up. All the guns we could fire were fired for signals 
 ' of distress. By midnight the men were all on shore. 
 ' At daylight it was discovered we had run on Plane 
 
 * Island, which lies off Cape Farina. 
 
 ' More moderate weather, but, seeing no possibility 
 
 * of saving the sliip or stores, I prepared for setting her 
 ' on fire. 1 sent the boat to two Moorish vessels at 
 
 * anchor off* Cape Farina, but tliey would not come to 
 ' our assistance. We had no water, there being none 
 ' on the island ; nor had we any other provisions but a 
 "■ little bread which had been saved. The situation was 
 ' dreadful ; for, had a gale of wind come on, there would 
 ' have been no possible means of saving the people, as 
 ' at such times it frequently happens for several days no 
 ' boat can approach the island for surf 
 
 ' At 7 a.m. saw a brig coming in from the sea. Sent 
 
 * to her, and with difficulty got the boats out. The 
 ' Master came to me, and, seeing preparations for 
 ' burning the ship, he refused taking us, as he said the 
 ' Bey would be very angry. I told him that was my 
 ' business, and he must take us. . . 
 
 ' Ordered tlie men to embark, and by noon they 
 'were on board, and then I set fire to L'Aiglc. Her 
 ' back appeared to be broke. By night she burnt to the 
 ' water's edo-e.' 
 
 The finding of the Court was entirely in favour of 
 Captain Tyler. They accepted his explanation of the 
 error which led to the loss of UAiglc, which was that a 
 previous gale from the S.E. had caused a strong current 
 to set in against his course, and was the means of a 
 greater speed being attributed to the ship than she 
 made by the log. 
 
 ' Having heard Captain Tyler's narrative,' says the 
 
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 verdict, ' of the circumstances of the case, as also 
 ' examined witnesses relative thereto, and having 
 ' maturely considered and weighed the whole, the Court 
 ' is of opinion that the loss of His JNIajesty's ship 
 ' UAigic was occasioned by mistaking some other 
 ' land for Plane Island and Cape Farina ; but as it 
 'appears the Captain and other officers were by no 
 ' means inattentive to the properly conducting His 
 ' Majesty's ship, tlie Court doth acquit Captain Tyler 
 ' all the officers and ship's company off all censure for 
 ' the loss of His Majesty's ship L'Aigle, and they are 
 ' hereby acquitted accordingly.' 
 
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 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1798-1802. 
 
 THE proceedings of the Court-iiuirtial kept Cap- 
 tain Tyler at Cadiz until September of 17D8. 
 After his acquittal he found himself Avithout a ship, and 
 we have little doubt got a passage to England, where he 
 would at least have an opportunity of intercourse with 
 his family. There is no record of the date of his 
 arrival, or of the place in which he spent his leisure. 
 Early in the following year, however, we find a letter 
 from Lord Camden to him, pointing to the probability of 
 his early appointment to a new vessel. Lord Camden 
 was the brother of his aunt, Lady Dacre, and, presuni- 
 ably, that lady's good offices had been employed on his 
 behalf. ' I have it in my power to inform you,' wrote 
 Lord Camden on the 12th February, ^ that I behe\-e 
 you will very speedily hear of being appointed to a 
 ship. Lord Spencer informed me of this circumstance 
 yesterday .... I believe the ship to which you are 
 likely to be appointed will be on the JNIediterranean 
 station.' Five days later we find Tyler writing from 
 Pembroke acknowledging a letter from the Secretary of 
 the Admiralty, posting him to the ]Varrloi\ 74, tlien 
 lying off Cadiz, and forming one of the Mediterranean 
 Fleet under the command of I^ord St. ^'incent. On 
 the 27tii of the same month he was at Portsmouth, 
 applying for a passage to Lisbon. ' On my arrival 
 here,' he writes, ' I made application to Sir Peter 
 
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 l*arker for a passao^e to Lisbon. Tlie Hfjccna being 
 crowded, I made application to Captain Lukin of the 
 Thames, who lias granted me one.' 
 
 AVe may here perhaps glance at the general posture 
 of naval affairs in the early part of 1709, the better to 
 follow Captain Tyler's fortunes in his new command, 
 the Warrior. 
 
 The British naval forces had been considerably in- 
 creased by the capture during the preceding year of 
 many serviceable vessels from the French, Spanish 
 and Dutch fleets, and on January 1st, there was a 
 total of a hundred and five ships of the line in com- 
 mission. The Republicans, on the other hand, made 
 strenuous efforts to maintain the strength of their navy, 
 and could still count upon the support of the large 
 naval forces of Spain, inefficient though the Spanish 
 ships were both in men and material when compared 
 with those of France and Britain. The enemy, how- 
 ever, had not yet recovered from the shocks sustained 
 at St. \ incent and the Nile, and, as we shall see, there 
 was no very hearty attempt on the part of the French 
 or Spanish Admirals again to bring matters to a con- 
 clusion with the British. Nelson's victory had left the 
 master-spirit of French policy isolated in Egypt, and 
 the command of the Mediterranean again in the hands 
 of St. Vincent and his subordinates. 
 
 Bridport still continued in charge of the Channel 
 fleet, and either in person or by deputy blockaded 
 J5rest, where lay a formidable French force under 
 Vice-Admiral Bruix, the French Minister of Marine. 
 
 The chief command in the Mediterranean and the 
 Spanish coast rested with St. A^incent at (xibraltar, who, 
 however, was in failing health, and deputed most of his 
 
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 active work to Lord Keith, who, with a fleet varying 
 between eleven and fifteen sail of the line, hiy at anchor 
 a few miles off Cadiz, where he kept a much stronger 
 Spanish force in har})our. There was also a respectable 
 Spanish squadron at Ferrol. 
 
 St. \"incent's other subordinate. Nelson, was at 
 Palermo, wliile Duncan commanded in the Xorth Sea, 
 blockading the Dutch in the Texel. 
 
 The French force in the ^lediterranean was incon- 
 siderable. They had some thirteen sail of the line at 
 ^lalta, Corfu, Alexandria, and Toulon, but these in- 
 cluded captures from the Maltese and A'enetian navies, 
 and the ships of the line fit for service probably 
 amounted to little more than half the number 
 stated. 
 
 Tyler, as we know, took command of the Warrior, 
 which was among Keitii's fifteen sail of the line lying 
 off Cadiz, and he was now to change the active service 
 of commander of a small squadron of frigates with its 
 daily incidents, for the hide-and-seek manoeuvres of the 
 large fleets into wliich the mnjor operations of the war 
 during 1799 resolved themselves. 
 
 These first began by the failure of Lord Bridport to 
 keep the French Admiral in Brest. On April 2.5th, 
 Bridport himself, in command of sixteen sail of the line, 
 looked into the port and counted eighteen sail of the 
 enemy, five of which were apparently making ready for 
 sea. Bridport then withdrew, and by fi\ e in the after- 
 noon was some few miles AV.S.W. of Ushant. The 
 very same evening the French Admiral Bruix con- 
 trived to put to sea unobserved witli one of the 
 strongest and best-equipped fleets which ever left the 
 French shores. His force included no less than twenty- 
 
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 five sail of tlie line, witli ten frigates and other smaller 
 vessels. 
 
 For some incomprehensible reason, the French 
 Admiral made every effort to avoid the British fleet, 
 which with the force at his command he ought to have 
 crushed, and succeeded perfectly in evading Eridport. 
 He was first discovered just as he was rounding the 
 Saintes by the frigate NympJi, wliicli hastened to bring 
 the news to the flagship, but in so doing she unfortu- 
 nately lost sight of the French. Bridport upon receipt 
 of this information sailed immediately for Brest, which 
 he reached on the 27th, only to discover that Bruix 
 had escaped forty-eight hours before. He at once 
 concluded that the enemy was bound for Ireland, the 
 French Admiral having contrived to confirm that 
 impression by artfully allowing a small vessel bearing 
 false despatches for Ireland to fall into the hands of 
 an English gunboat. Bridport named Cape Clear as 
 a rendez^'ous for lii.s fleet, despatched news of the 
 sailing- of the French with all haste to Keith and 
 St. \^incent, and himself awaited the appearance of 
 the enemy off Cape Clear with a force augmented to 
 twenty-six sail of the line. ^Meanwhile tlie enemy, 
 ha\'ing steered westward for a space, suddenly altered 
 his course and stood south-west with a fair north wind. 
 
 The first authentic information of this movement 
 was brought to the British commander by the frigate 
 Success, \vhose captain spoke Keith off Cadiz on 
 INlay 3rd, with the news that he had been cliased by 
 the Brest fleet on the 1st instant, about 100 miles west 
 of Oporto, steering S.^^'. by S. Keith immediately 
 got his fleet of fifteen sail of the line under way, 
 prepared for action, and stood on and off the harbour 
 
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 for the next twenty-four hours. On the morning of 
 the 4th, the French fleet appeared fifteen miles off' 
 W.N.W., one of Keiths outlying vessels signalling 
 that it numbered thirty-three sail. The French, how- 
 ever, declined an engagement, and after some man- 
 oeuvring to show themselves to their allies in Cadiz, 
 disappeared to the south. Keith remained between 
 Cape Spartel and Cadiz until the evening of the 9th, 
 during which time he ascertained that the Spanish 
 fleet numbered twenty-two sail of the line ; and then 
 sailed to Gibraltar in response to an order from Lord 
 N'^incent. to wliom he had sent news of the appearance 
 of the French on JNIay ^Jrd. Meanwhile the French 
 fleet had got through the Straits and reached Toulon. 
 Keith anchored in Gibraltar Bay on the 10th instant. 
 
 St. Mncent's object now appears to have been to 
 concentrate as far as possible his scattered forces in the 
 JNlediterranean, and so prevent the junction of the 
 French and Spanish fleets at Toulon. On May 12th 
 he was reinforced by four ships which lay under 
 Duckworth at Minorca, thus bringing his strength up 
 to twenty sail of the line. Meanwhile the raising of 
 the blockade of Cadiz by the departure of Keith 
 enabled the Spaniards to slip away from that port, 
 who, after suffering much damage from the gale which 
 left St. A^incent almost untouched, succeeded in reach- 
 ing Carthagena on the 20tli. 
 
 The mancieuvres which followed, and which must 
 have been very tedious to active commanders like 
 Captain Tyler, are difficult to follow, or at least to 
 describe. Tyler has left a small pocket-book with an 
 account of the cruise between ^lay 3rd and July 30th 
 which reflects ^■ery adequately the chagrin of the fleet 
 
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 at the continued escape of the enemy, but which con- 
 tains httle of interest. The French force, consisting of 
 twenty sail of t!ie hne, left Toulon on May 27th, while 
 the British were cruising off San Sebastian. Steering 
 eastward, the French were at V^ado on the 31st, and 
 on June 3rd off Genoa, wliere the French Admiral 
 conferred with General JNIoreau until the 6th. Mean- 
 while Keith appeared off Toulon on June 3rd, and w^as 
 standing east in pursuit of the French, when on the 
 5th he received in crossing Frejus Bay an order from 
 the Commander-in-chief at ^linorca to detach two 
 seventy-fours for Nelson, and to sail to Bosas Bay 
 to intercept the French fleet on its way to join the 
 Spaniards at Carthagena. If Keith liad continued 
 standing eastward he must have encountered the 
 French at or near Genoa. As it was, the French 
 Admiral, who weighed anchor at that port at noon 
 on the June 6th and stood westward, was now uncon- 
 sciously chasing Keith, who had been called back upon 
 the same course. 
 
 Tyler in the Warrior took part in all these weary- 
 ing manoeuvres, and it is not surprising that neither 
 his papers nor the official records of the Wariior 
 contain information of much interest relating to this 
 period. A few days after the enemy had at last been 
 tracked to Brest, the Warrior was one of the vessels 
 ordered home by the Admiralty to reflt. We read of 
 her at Causand Bay between August 18th and October 
 4th, when she was again ready for sea, and joined Lord 
 Bridport's command at Torbay. Here she remained 
 till the middle of November, when she is reported as 
 arriving with Lord Bridport at Ushant on the 18th. 
 Captain Tyler ^s duties were again tliose of the blockade 
 
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 until the end of the year, when he returned with Sir 
 Alan Gardner's squadron to Torbay. 
 
 There followed four months of inaction at Torbay 
 or Spithead, with a record of refitting, of lengthy 
 correspondence about individual members of the crew, 
 whose nationality was doubted, and who, being taken 
 for Swedes, were at last discharged as Swiss; of disputes 
 with Admiralty officials about log-books in arrear, and 
 other uninteresting details of a minor character. The 
 worry of this period was apparently broken by a fort- 
 night's leave in February, and on April 30th the 
 Warrior put to sea with Sir Alan Gardner's fleet 
 blockading Brest. Pearly in June we find Captain 
 Tyler back in England. The fleet apparently had met 
 with a severe gale ^* in which the Warrior suffered 
 heavily, and was sent home to refit. The following 
 letter of Tyler to his wife seems to show very clearly 
 the light in which this able and zealous officer was 
 
 regarded by the authorities. 
 
 ' Portsmouth, 
 
 'June 11, 1800. 
 
 ' I cannot resist transcribing xVdmu'al Young's letter 
 ' in answer to mine which I considered better to write 
 ' than appear sulky; also Warrior is ordered into harbour 
 ' to repair her damages, and most likely we shall get in 
 nhe day after to-morrow, should the wind prove fair.' 
 
 ' Admiralty, 
 
 ^ ^. ' 10th June, 1800. 
 
 ' Dear Sir, 
 
 ' I feel very much for you, who I am sure must be 
 ' very distressed at your ship being disabled at a time when 
 
 * still remembered as the May gale of 1800. Collingwood writing 
 home concerning it says : ' The only ships that are missing from the 
 fleet are i\\e Elephant ?inA the Warrior, but as both Foley and Tyler 
 are excellent officers we have no fears whatever about them.' 
 
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 ' the service of every ship may be required. We hear 
 ' from every quarter tliat the gale in Avhich the IFarrior 
 ' suffered was very sudden and uncommonly violent, and 
 ' the sea quite tremendous, and we may think ourselves 
 ' well off that the fleet suffered no more than it did. You 
 ' may rest perfectly satisfied of the opinion of the Ad- 
 ' miralty. Your zeal and activity, and the perfect 
 ' knowledge you have of your profession, will effectually 
 ' prevent any accident which may befall the Warrior 
 ' from being attributed to either negligence or ignorance 
 ' in her Captain. ' I am, dear Sir, etc., 
 
 ' W. Young.' 
 
 ' I have a letter from Abraham saying he would pay 
 ' me a visit, but have answered that if his stay will per- 
 ' mit he had best remain until the Warrior is equipped. 
 ' I have only time to add that I am going eleven miles 
 ' on a hack to dine at Captain Churche's, at Catsfield, 
 ' which T think will do me good. I have not heard 
 ' from John. 
 
 ' God bless you. C. T.' 
 
 From all we can hear, the Warrior, after refitting, 
 joined Bridport's force off Brest, and assisted in main- 
 taining the blockade of that port during the rest of the 
 year. 
 
 Tyler's order-books, copies of avhich he preser\ed, 
 present some features of interest in the routine of the 
 Navy. There was a memorandum from the Admiralty 
 delivered to all captains of the fleet at sea in xVpril of 
 1800 directing attention to an incident fortunately rare 
 in the aiuials of the Ser\'ice. A part of the crew of the 
 sloop Danae had mutinied, at the instigation of French 
 prisoners on board, overpowered and murdered their 
 officers, and delivered the vessels into the hands of the 
 enemy at a French port. Captains were exhorted to 
 
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 use all diligence in searching among the crews of any 
 French men-of-war or privateers they captured for any 
 of these men, whose names were given, 'that they may 
 be brought to that punishment that their treason 
 has deserved.' One of them was hanged a year later 
 at Spithead. 
 
 There is much significance in an order of April 
 15th, 1800, which has a present interest when 
 changes are proposed in the laws which affect the 
 supply of grain in this country. The harvest of 1799 
 was a failure in England, and the scarcity of bread 
 which resulted produced a serious embarrassment in 
 feeding the fleet. So much was this the case that a 
 heavy premium was placed upon economy aboard the 
 ships. ' The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,' 
 runs the order, ' have determined that the companies of 
 His Majesty's ships serving in Great Britain and 
 Ireland shall be paid for all the bread they may save 
 from their allowance at the rate of Hd. per lb. during 
 the present scarcity of corn,' and the pursers of the 
 fleet were granted five per cent, on all the moneys they 
 paid to the men in lieu of the bread or biscuit so 
 saved. 
 
 During the last Aveek of October 1800, Captain 
 Tyler, in the JVarrior, was relieved of these blockading 
 duties, being attached to the Channel Fleet in home 
 waters. The change must have been a welcome one 
 on many accounts. 
 
 Early in 1801 we find a letter addressed to Tyler 
 from ' The Right Honourable Horatio Nelson, K.H., 
 Vice- Admiral of the Rlue,' directing him, in obedience 
 to orders from Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, ' to proceed, 
 the moment the JFcwrio?' was ready for sea, to Do\Tr, 
 
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 and demand two flat - bottomed boats and two car- 
 ronades, and to join that Admiral in Yarmouth Roads 
 without a moment's further loss of time.' 
 
 The occasion which assembled Parker's fleet of 
 eighteen sail of the line, with smaller vessels, frigates, 
 sloops, fireships, and bomb ketches, amounting alto- 
 gether to fifty -three sail, with a fighting admiral like 
 Nelson as second in command, are well known. In 
 August of the previous year Denmark had taken um- 
 brage at the enforcement of the British right of search 
 of neutral vessels, leading to the capture and detention 
 of the Danish frigate Frcija, which had fired on British 
 boats despatched to search her convoy. There had 
 followed some months of negotiations by the Court of 
 Denmark and Lord Whitworth, whose persuasion had 
 been enforced by an escort of ten sail of the line and 
 several frigates. These negotiations were approaching 
 an apparently satisfactory conclusion when two other 
 of the northern Powers became parties to the dispute 
 raised by the British pretensions to the right of search- 
 ing neutrals. The Emperor Paul of Russia had been 
 much offended by the Freija incident ; he resented also 
 the passage of ^Vllitworth's large naval escort through 
 the Sound, which no doubt suggested possibilities of 
 naval operations in the Baltic later to be abundantly 
 realised ; he was also, it is said, chagrined at the reduc- 
 tion of Malta by the British in the autumn of 1800. 
 In any case, almost the last political act of his life 
 (which came to an end by assassination in the following 
 January) was to draw Sweden, and exentually Denmark 
 and Prussia, into the Northern Federation, an associa- 
 tion pledged to resist the British pretensions, and to 
 put his army and navy upon a war footing. This step 
 
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 was followed by embargoes laid upon British shippino- 
 in Russian ports, and by the opening of the year 1801 
 England Avas, for all practical purposes, at war with the 
 Federal Powers. 
 
 On paper the Northern Powers possessed a formid- 
 able force in the Baltic, but after eliminating ill-found 
 and useless vessels, the Confederacy would seem to 
 have lumibered not more than forty-one sail of the 
 line, of wliich Russia possessed twenty, but lier fleet 
 was ill- equipped and badly manned, being scattered 
 among ports most of which were icebound until late in 
 the year. Sweden was credited with eleven sail of the 
 line, stationed at Carlscrona, and believed to be in good 
 flghting trim. Denmark had ten sail of the line at 
 Copenhagen ready for sea, and a large number of coast 
 defence vessels and floating batteries. To remove the 
 menace of this coalition, which in view of England's 
 continued struggle with France, Spain, and Holland 
 was very considerable. Sir Hyde Parker sailed for the 
 Sound from Yarmouth Roads on Marcli 12th, with the 
 Warrior among his line of battle ships. 
 
 On ^Nlarch 23rd, Parker had assembled his fleet, 
 the smaller vessels of which had been much dispersed 
 by tempestuous weather at the entrance to the Sound, 
 where he met the British ^linister at Copenhagen, who 
 brought what was practically the open deflance of the 
 Danish Government. A week later, Parker hearing 
 that the passage of his fleet through the Sound was 
 to l)e disputed, prepared to force it. At p.m. on 
 the 30th he formed his fleet into three divisions, the 
 van led by Nelson, the centre by himself, and the rear 
 by Rear- Admiral Graves. At noon the whole fleet 
 had passed througli that narrow channel, hugging the 
 
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 Swedish shores where the defences were insignificant, 
 and had anchored some distance above the island of 
 Huen, about fifteen miles from Copenhagen. 
 
 Tyler, as far as we can ascertain, took no active 
 part in the operations which followed, which doubtless 
 to his great regret he w^as forced to watch from Parker's 
 anchorage at the northern end of the shoal, where the 
 Warrior lay with seven other sail of the line. Those 
 operations, which resulted in the victory of Copenhagen 
 and the destruction of the Danish fleet, are historical, 
 and need not be here considered. 
 
 Parker on April 12th sailed into the Baltic w^ith 
 the object of preventing the junction of the Swedish 
 and Russian fleets, leaving Nelson behind on the St. 
 Geoi'ge with one or two frigates. He shortly after 
 received a report that a Swedish fleet was already at 
 sea, and steered for Bornholm with the object of inter- 
 cepting it. 
 
 The operations in the Baltic, we know, terminated 
 without further fighting. Parker appeared before 
 Carlscrona on April 22nd, where the Swedish Admiral 
 with six sail of the line under the guns of the fortress 
 opened negotiations with the British which eventually 
 resulted in a satisfactory arrangement. The following 
 day he received overtures of a pacific nature from the " 
 Russian Emperor Alexander, and within a fortnight he 
 was recalled to England, handing over his command to 
 Nelson. The latter made it plain that if he caught the 
 Swedish fleet at sea he should treat it as a belligerent 
 force, and leaving a watching squadron off" Carlscrona 
 he sailed wath the rest of the fleet, including the 
 Warrior, to seek the Russians. He found the Russian 
 fleet at Revel, and by May 19th had persuaded the 
 
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 Emperor to remove the embargo on British shipping 
 and to resume amicable relations with this country. 
 Thus, in less than two months from the sailing of 
 Parker's fleet from Yarmouth Roads, was the Northern 
 Confederation dissolved, and the country relieved from 
 a serious menace. 
 
 One or two letters which have been preserved 
 among Captain Tyler's papers point to the fact of a 
 ripening friendship between the great Admiral and 
 himself. Their acquaintance had doubtless begun in 
 the Mediterranean when they both served under Hood, 
 Hotham. Jervis, and Keith, and they were often, no 
 doubt, thrown together in the consultations of captains 
 which occur periodically in all fleets, at Court-martials 
 and the like. We have seen Nelson sitting on one such 
 court when Tyler brought Lieutenant FitzGerald to 
 book at San Fioroizo. 
 
 There is a letter, dated April 24th, which suggests 
 much intimacy between the two men, as well as the 
 probability of Captain Tyler's previous acquaintance 
 with Lady Hamilton. This letter, not previously pub- 
 lished, is altogether typical of Nelson's attitude towards 
 that lady at this moment, and of his engaging way of 
 expressing himself. 
 
 April 24th. 
 ' IMy dear Tyler, 
 
 ' Sunday the 26t]i being Santa Emma's birthday, I 
 
 * beg you will do me the favour of dining on board the 
 ' St. George, as I know you are one of her votarys, and 
 
 * you will oblige Your aflectionate friend, 
 
 ' Nelson and Broxte. 
 ' To Captain Tyler, H..M.S. JVarrior: 
 
 We find another letter written from Lord Nelson 
 to Tyler on June IGth on board the St. Geo?'ge, then 
 
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 lying with the fleet in St. Kioge Bay, a few days before 
 he handed over the commaad to Sir Maurice Pole and 
 returned to England in the Kite brig. The letter 
 refers to Tyler's son Charles, by his first marriage, who 
 had entered the navy, and was now preparing to pass 
 his examination for lieutenant. The victory of Copen- 
 hagen had been made the occasion for a general pro- 
 motion of lieutenants throughout the fleet, and was 
 thus a favourable opportunity for midshipmen and 
 youths generally to gain their flrst commissions. Nelson 
 had evidently exerted his great interest in favour of 
 young Tyler. He had already appointed him as actings 
 lieutenant on the Alcimene, and enclosed with his letter 
 to Tyler an order for his examination, after passing 
 which the commission would be confirmed. 
 
 We may liere look forward a few years in order to 
 follow the career of this young man, which later became 
 the cause of considerable anxiety to his father, and the 
 occasion of much kindness on the part of Nelson to 
 both. Lieutenant Tyler, as it would seem from the 
 following letters of the Admiral, became infatuated by 
 some Italian lady whom he met at Malta in the early 
 part of 1805, and left liis ship, the Hydra, for the sake 
 of her companionship. A\^e may be sure that Nelson 
 in these circumstances understood the temptation to 
 which young Tyler had been exposed, and these letters 
 display the solicitous kindness of heart with which he 
 sought to shield him from the consequences of a youth- 
 ful folly. They speak eloquently, also of the esteem in 
 which he held his father. 
 
 ' Victorjf, at sea. 
 «gjj,^ ' 11th April, 1805. 
 
 ' I am extremely concerned to acquaint you, for the 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 * inforniatioii of the Lords Coiiiiiiissioners of the 
 
 * Admiralty, that Lieutenant Tyler, son of that ex- 
 ' cellent and respectable officer, Captain Tyler, from an 
 ' unfortunate desire to travel, and perhaps an imprudent 
 ' attachment to an Italian lady, (juitted the Hydra, 
 
 * when she was last at JNIalta without, I fear, the smallest 
 ' inclination of ever returning to his duty on that ship. 
 
 ' I have, in consequence, removed tlie Honourable 
 
 * Lieutenant Waldeorave of the f^icforij to the U/jcIra, 
 
 * and appointed ^iv. \A^illiam Ram of the Spencer in his 
 ' room, copy of which is here transmitted for their Lord- 
 ' ships' approbation. And also copy of a commission 
 ' which I have given to Mr. George Scott, a former 
 ' Admiralty recommendation, and also of Admiral I^ord 
 ' Keith's, to be I^ieutenant of the Childers intlieroom of 
 ' the Honourable I^ieutenant Maitland ordered to El,ng- 
 ' land by their Lordships, which you will be so good as 
 ' to lay before them for confirmation. xVnd I must beg 
 
 * that you will interest their I^ordships in favour of this 
 ' unfortunate young Officer, Lieutenant Tyler, whose 
 
 * youthful imprudence I trust their Lordships will take 
 ' into consideration, and on account of his worthy and 
 ' respectable father, Captain Tyler, allow his name to 
 
 * remain on the lists of lieutenants. Their Lordships will 
 'readily conceive the feelings of Captain Tyler, and, 
 ' I hope, enter into my wishes on this occasion. 
 
 I am. Sir, 
 ' You most obedient humble servant, 
 
 Xei.sox and Bronte. 
 
 ' To \VlLLIAM MaRSDEN, EsQ., 
 
 ' Secretary of the Admiralty.' 
 
 'Fief or I/, May 7th, 1805. 
 
 * ]My dear Tyler. 
 
 ' It gives me real sorrow to be the messenger of bad 
 ' news, but under the present circumstances I hope you 
 
 * will think I have dojie all I can to prevent your son 
 
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 ' being erased from the lists of T^ieutenant. I send you 
 ' a copy of my letter to the Admiralty, and Captain 
 ' JNIundy's to me. I still hope the youno- man who 
 ' does not want abilities will recollect himself ; his mis- 
 ' fortune has been his being made independent. I will 
 ' not dwell longer upon this very unpleasant subject, but 
 ' be assured that I ever am, 
 ' dear Tyler, 
 
 * Your most sincere friend, 
 
 ' NeIvSON and Bronte. 
 
 ' To Chahles Tyeek, Esq.' 
 
 It is satisfactory to know that Nelson's efforts were 
 successful at least to the extent of keeping young Charles 
 Tyler's name upon the navy list, for he died with the 
 rank of Captain in the retired list in 1846. 
 
 There is little to record further of Tyler in the 
 Baltic. He wrote an affectionate letter to his wife 
 from Dantzic Bay on May 29th, where the Warrior 
 was laying for the purpose of replenishing her stores of 
 beef He speaks of being well-treated ' at an English 
 Country house ' near the port. IN Irs. Tyler was 
 evidently settled at Northdown House, near Pembroke, 
 and was apparently just recovering from an illness. 
 
 Early in July, Tyler sailed with a squadron of the 
 Baltic fleet round the North of Ireland to join Gardner, 
 wlio was stationed off" Cork, expecting the appearance of 
 a French force off that coast. This he duly accom- 
 plished, and a few days after his arrival at Cork he 
 received orders marked ' secret ' to sail with the Warrior 
 and three other ships of the line to reinforce Sir James 
 Saumarez at Gibraltar. That Admiral's squadron had 
 been badly mauled in the attack on July 7tli, upon the 
 Frencli force under Linois lying in Algesiras Bay, 
 where he made a gallant but hardly prudent attempt to 
 
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 destroy it in shoaling water, and in the face of formid- 
 able land defences. This fiiilure, however, was more 
 than redeemed by his action of August 12th, between 
 the Straits and Cadiz, when JNIoreno with a Spanish 
 squadron escorting the French ships from Algeciras 
 to Cadiz was signally defeated, and lost three ships of 
 the line before he gained the shelter of that port with 
 the rest of his force. Tyler arrived at Gibraltar just 
 too late to take a share in that action. He remained 
 in the Mediterranean station until January 20th, 1802, 
 when Saumarez ordered him to sail, with three other sail 
 of the line, the Bellona, Defence, and Zealous, twenty 
 leagues to the westward of Cape Spartel with sealed 
 orders. These on being opened contained instructions 
 to proceed to Jamaica, and place himself with his 
 squadron under the orders of Sir J. T. Duckworth, 
 commanding in the West Indies. Although the armed 
 truce named the Peace of Amiens had been concluded 
 with France and Spain, the British found it advisable 
 to keep an eye upon their ships in those waters. Here 
 Captain Tyler remained until June 7th, 1802. On that 
 date he received an order from Duckworth that ' he 
 felt sanctioned from the state of the French and 
 Spanish naval force to further reduce the squadron 
 under his command,' and directing him to sail for 
 Plymouth with the Warrior and five other sail of the 
 line. Captain Tyler made Spithead on July 11th, 
 took his squadron round to Plymouth five days later, 
 and on the 22nd of that month he quitted the Warrior 
 on half-pay, after a conthiuous service on board that 
 vessel for three and a half years. 
 
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 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1802-1806. 
 
 CAPTAIN TYLER seems to have been about a 
 twelvemonth upon half-pay and out of employ- 
 ment, but on July 21st, 1803, we find him writing to 
 the Secretary of the Admiralty from Pembroke with 
 reference to an appointment he held in the South A\^ales 
 district, where lie w^as engaged in raising a local force 
 known as the Sea Fencibles. 
 
 The creation of this force, together with the raising 
 of large bodies of volunteers, was the patriotic reply of 
 the country to Napoleon's plans for the invasion of 
 England. Since early in 1801, the First Consul had been 
 employing all the arts of w^iich he was master in inflam- 
 ing the imagination of his countrymen to that end. The 
 peace with Prussia in February of that year enabled liim 
 to devote his attention to the scheme. His first step 
 Avas to preach a crusade against England. ' Tons les 
 ' moyens,' says a French historian, ' propres a entretenir 
 ' la haine de la nation contre la Grande-Bretagne furent 
 ' employes avec activite et avec succes. Les autorites, 
 ' les orateurs de gouvernement, les ecriv^ains publicistes, 
 ' rivaliserent de zele pour precher cette espece de croisade 
 ' contre reternelle ennemie de la France.' There 
 followed in July the establishment of the force at 
 Boulogne, and the beginning of tliose long preparations 
 for tlie building of the invasion flotilla, the o})iects of 
 which were only at last frustrated at Trafalgar. We 
 
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 need not follow these at lengtli. In 1801, popular 
 apprehension in England was somewhat allayed by the 
 appointment of Nelson to the defensive force which was 
 organized along the Rritish coast from Beachy Head to 
 ^lilford. The hollow peace of Amiens in October 
 enabled Xapoleon the better to continue his prepara- 
 tions, and when war was again declared in May of 1803, 
 his plans were well matured. In France great efforts 
 were made to augment the navy. Nearly every depart- 
 ment of the State voted money for the equipment of a 
 ship of tlie line, or frigate, and every commune gave its 
 prame, gun vessel, flat-bottomed boat, or peniche, as the 
 small craft prepared for the enterprise were then termed. 
 The flotilla eventually reached the enormous number of 
 1339 armed vessels and 904 transports. 
 
 Tyler's duties were to receive men along a stretch of 
 coast in South AVales who should form a sort of coast- 
 guard for that portion of the kingdom, as a security 
 against tlie descent and landing of a French force. It 
 would appear that he had two other officers under his 
 command, and the district they covered stretched from 
 Kidwelly to Cardigan. We read of consultations w^th 
 the I^ord- Lieutenant of the county, and with Lord 
 Cawdor, who was Governor of Milford Haven, with the 
 result that ^Nlilford was chosen as a place of rendezvous 
 in preference to Haverfordwest. Recruiting apparently 
 proceeded with difficulty, owing mainly, as Tyler told the 
 Admiralty, to the competition of the numerous volunteer 
 corps then being raised in the country. 
 
 ' The men do not come forward as they ought,' he wrote 
 on August 13th, 1803. ' Some evil-disposed persons have 
 ' insinuated that as soon as they are enrolled they will 
 ' be sent to man the ships. I have taken every pains but 
 
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 ' cannot quite convince them to tlie contrary. At Fish- 
 ' guard not a man would enroll, although from the best 
 ' information there are near two hinidred employed in 
 ' the coasting trade during the summer, and fishing in 
 * the winter. Nothing but a strong military force could 
 'press them. They bid defiance to any press-gang.' 
 
 Among Tyler s duties was to make a thorough in- 
 spection of the coast and report upon such places as he 
 judged an enemy might be able to use for landing an 
 expedition. This duty he discharged with great fidelity, 
 and there is yet existing at the Admiralty a report 
 which gives tlie most minute particulars as to soundings, 
 ancliorages, prevailing winds and salient points for 
 defence of every cave, bay, or sandy beach round that 
 coast. Tyler contiimed in this appointment until late 
 in the autumn of 1804, though a few months after the 
 renewal of the war in 1803, we find him soliciting the 
 Admiralty for a ship. ' Be pleased to inform my Lords 
 Commissioners of the Admiralty,' he wrote to the Secre- 
 tary in November of that year, ' I beg leave to make an 
 ' offer of my services when their Lordships will do me 
 ' the honour to employ me.' At present, however, the 
 application was unavailing. In June of 1804 we find 
 him reporting that his force consisted of 422 men, all 
 living within a mile of tlie coast, witli the exception of 
 a few in a small district five miles from the sea. At 
 Tenby and at Fishguard, the men were exercised at the 
 batteries and with the pikes, one day in tlie week, and else- 
 where with the pike alone. AVe gather also that they 
 received two shillings a day when on duty, and that there 
 were no boats, armed or unarmed, in his district. It 
 would seem that the force was disbanded later in the same 
 year, when Tyler was presumably again unemployed. 
 
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 However, his wish was at length gratified ; on 
 February 9th, 1805, we find a letter acknowledging his 
 appointment by the Admiralty to the command of the 
 Tonnant then lying at Plymouth. A fortnight later he 
 is with the vessel refitting at Causand, and three days 
 afterwards he applies for a chaplain in order to complete 
 his complement before sailing, recommending the Rev. 
 Samuel Evans to that office. 
 
 The year 1804 had passed without any serious 
 encounter with the French naval force, thoug-h the 
 following January disclosed a posture of affairs which 
 was full of anxiety for the British nation. Napoleon 
 a few da3^s before had concluded a treaty with Spain 
 which again brought her into his alliance, and which 
 was followed by an open declaration of war on the part 
 of that country against England. Napoleon by this 
 treaty claimed to have 30,000 men with transports at 
 the Texel ; and his force now reached a total of forty- 
 three sail of the line, besides frigates, and 188,000 men. 
 Spain brought to the Alliance twenty-five to twenty- 
 nine sail of the line at Ferrol, Cadiz, and Carthagena, 
 with stores and provisions for six months, and 5000 
 men, both parties to the compact undertaking to aug- 
 ment their fighting fleets by all the ships of the line 
 and frigates thereafter to be repaired or constructed in 
 any of their ports. 
 
 The alliance with Spain thus brought the naval 
 forces at the disposal of Napoleon up to an effective 
 strength of nearly seventy ships of the line, though in 
 his calculations he was careful to reckon two Spanish 
 ships as the equivalent of one English or French man- 
 of-war. His plans for the invasion of England were 
 now modified. If w^e are to believe his own confi- 
 dential despatches to the French Ministry, he never 
 
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 relied for success on the numerous armed vessels of the 
 flotilla, but considered tliem only as a blind to mislead 
 the English Admiralty. His real aim was to decoy the 
 Channel fleet to the West Indies, and in its absence 
 concentrate an overwlielming force of line-of-battle ships 
 which should hold the Channel at least long enough to 
 put the invading army upon tlie English shore. 
 
 Tyler's duties in the Tonnant took him to the 
 blockading fleet oflf' Brest for the first half of the year. 
 He was then to proceed south to the blockade of Cadiz, 
 and remain off that port with the investing squadron 
 under CoUingwood. 
 
 AVe find from an official letter from CoUingwood 
 to Tyler that as early as June the Tonnant formed one 
 of that Admiral's force, and as all information l)earing 
 upon the preparations for the approaching battle have 
 an interest, we give this letter and two others of similar 
 purport in full. 
 
 ' DrcaihioNg'Jit, 
 ' Dear Sir, ' June the lyth, 180.5. 
 
 ' I must beg you to take the Colossus station off the 
 ' Straits entrance for a little time, with the Bellcrophon, 
 ' and should anything come down the Mediterranean, 
 
 * which, I understand, is the purpose of the "Carthaginia" 
 ' people, give us the earliest notice of it you can. T did 
 
 * intend making a run up there myself, but the hoiu'ly 
 ' expectation of hearing from England, for which I am 
 ' impatient, made me return. 
 
 ' 1 hope you keep w^ell. 
 
 ' I am, your faithful and humble servant, 
 
 ' CuTHBERT Colling WOOD. 
 ' On service. 
 ' 7o Captain Tyler, 
 
 ' H..M.S. Tonnant. 
 * P.S. — Take care you are not driven through the 
 
 * Straits in this light wind and weather.' 
 
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 Tyler subsequently, us we learn from his own notes, 
 passed through the Straits to join Sir K. Bickerton, and 
 for two months was eruising oft' Carthagena, and along 
 the African coast, rejoining Collingwood off Cadiz on 
 August 22nd. On the SOtli of that month, Calder's 
 arrival with his fleet of eighteen sail brought Colling- 
 wood's force up to twenty-four sail of the line, and the 
 following private letters from Collingwood to Tyler 
 display \ery well the terms upon which he stood with 
 his chief. 
 
 ' dreadnought, 
 
 , n- i r|. 1 ' Auffust 21st, 1805. 
 
 ' My dear lyler, ^ 
 
 * I am glad to liear you are well, and should like to 
 ' have a chat with you for half an hoiu'. AVe have a 
 * fine fleet now, and these gentry may come when they 
 ' like, but w^iere have you been with your Admiral ? * 
 ' What can possess him to go off and leave me in my 
 ' poverty. I tliought you were gone to survey Torency 
 ' Bay. Now I am richer and can do without him, and 
 ' I have sent him to his station at Gibraltar. 
 
 ' God bless you my dear Sir, 
 
 ' I am, ever sincerely yours, 
 
 ' CuTHBERT Collingwood.' 
 
 lloijal Sovereign, 
 
 , ,i , rp 1 ' October 12th, 1805. 
 
 ' ^\y dear 1 yler, ' 
 
 ' You have got on well with your provisions. Your 
 ' pork, cocoa, sugar, wood, and candles are to come 
 ' from the 3Ialabar. I have sent for her down to be 
 ' near the Prince and you, and I hope you will get them 
 ' to-day if the Admiral lyes to. The peas are in your 
 ' own Lo}'d Duncan. 
 
 ' Would to heaven we had peace, for what with 
 
 * Bickerton. 
 
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 ' changing ships and distributing provisions, etc., etc., 
 
 * etc., my head is turned. You may conceive what a 
 ' confusion it makes. 
 
 ' I have an order and instruction about our batch 
 
 * which I wish to give to the Captains rather soon that 
 
 * we might converse on the general plan intended to be 
 ' executed. If there is opportunity, pray come here for 
 
 * a quarter of an liour. 
 
 ' The good sailing of the Sovereign makes up for 
 
 * all the other things she is inferior to the Dreadnought 
 
 * in, but I hope every day I shall feel more at home, 
 
 * I am not at all yet. 
 
 ' I am, my dear Sir, 
 
 ' Your faithful servant, 
 
 ' CuTHBERT Colling WOOD.' 
 
 On September 28th the blockading squadron received 
 its most powerful reinforcement when Lord Nelson 
 arrived in the Victory from England accompanied by 
 the AJcLV, the Thunderer, and the frigate Euryalus. 
 With that foresight and thoughtfulness which ever 
 distinguished him, Nelson had sent the Euryalus ahead 
 to acquaint Collingwood of his approach and to direct 
 that on assuming his command the customary salute 
 and hoisting of flags should be dispensed with, in order 
 that the enemy miglit not learn of his arrival. The 
 Commander-in-Chief had now twenty-seven sail of the 
 line at his disposal, and in order to prevent the enemy 
 being kept in port by any fears resulting from a 
 knowledge of the strength of the British force, he 
 withdrew the main body of his fleet fifty miles west- 
 ward of Cadiz, leaving five sail of the line and two 
 frigates only off* the port under Rear-Admiral Louis 
 in the Canopus, to w^atch the movements of the allies. 
 The frigates alone kept guard in the harbour, while 
 
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 westward, Louis' little squadron stretched out in a long 
 line until his furthest vessel was within touch of the 
 easternmost ship of the main body. 
 
 At 7 a.m. on October 19th the Franco-Spanish fleet 
 was discovered by the British frigates getting under 
 way in a light wind. By daybreak on the following 
 day, \^illeneuve and Gravina had cleared Cadiz with a 
 combined force of thirty- three sail of the line and seven 
 frigates, besides smaller vessels, and put to sea. At 
 5 p.m. eighteen sail of the British fleet were descried 
 by the French frigates to the southward, upon which 
 the combined fleet steered to the north-west with a 
 view of avoiding them. By the following morning the 
 French Admiral realised he was in the presence of a 
 British fleet nearly of the same strength as his own, and 
 recognising that he could no longer hope to post- 
 pone an engagement, formed his fleet in line of battle. 
 As early as 6.40 a.m. Nelson had signalled his fleet to 
 form in two coKnnns in accordance with instructions 
 previously given to his captains, and in this order they 
 approached the Franco-Spanish line at right angles to 
 its course, with the w^estern division aiming a little 
 ahead of its centre. Xelson himself, in the Victory, led 
 the weather column, followed in succession by the 
 Temcrairc, Neptune, Leviathan, Conqueror, and Bri- 
 tannia. CoUingwood in the Royal Sovereign led the 
 lee column, and was followed by the Bclleisle, Mars^ 
 Tonnant, Belter ophon, Colossus, Achille, Polyphemus, 
 Revolutionaire, and Dreadnought. The remaining ships 
 in the British fleet were a considerable distance astern, 
 and in the light winds then prevailing were unable to 
 take much part in the early stages of the action. 
 
 The engagement that followed is so famous and so 
 
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 familiar to Englishmen that we must confine our account 
 more particularly to the part borne in it by the Tonnnnt 
 and her crew. The Tonnant, as we have seen, was one of 
 the finest vessels of her class afloat, and went far to 
 prove the contention held by many competent judges 
 in England at that time, that England owed her 
 supremacy in the naval struggle with France, which 
 she waged continuously for nearly a quarter of a 
 century, more to her men than to her material. 
 Certair)ly the ninnerous ships captured from the 
 French were unexcelled by any of the products of 
 the English shipyards. Here is a contemporary 
 allusion to the Tonnant when she was refitted in 
 1803 : 
 
 'Tliis day (22nd December, 1802) that beautiful 
 ' ship, one of the trophies of the glorious August 1st. 
 ' 1798, in the battle of the Nile, he Tonnant of 84 
 ' guns, now in the Parlby Dock, was coppered by 
 ' several gangs of punchers and nailors, and it was 
 ' supposed she would be ready by the next tide, as the 
 ' work is performed by task work, the artificers even 
 ' working in their dinner hours to complete her for 
 ' commission. L,c Tonnant has a neat stern elegantly 
 ' finished in light carved work, with G.R. and a crown 
 ' in the centre of the stern railing under the middle 
 ' lanthorn, and lier head is a bust of Jupiter hurling his 
 ' thunder, all beautifully executed by INIr. Dickinson 
 ' and his son, INIaster Carver to the Dockyard and this 
 ' arsenal.' 
 
 AVe are enabled also to gi\'e a \erbal portrait of 
 Ton nan fs captain as well as the impression made by 
 the ship herself upon a young lieutenant, Frederick 
 Hoffmann, who joined tlie Tonnant at Portsmouth early 
 in the year. The following lively passage occurs in the 
 
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 nit'inoirs of Captain Hofiiiiunn, lately published under 
 the title of ^1 Sailor of King George : 
 
 ' Soon after ... I was informed by the Admiralty 
 ' that I was superseded in tlie last ship and ordered to 
 ' l*ortsniouth to join tlie To)in(i)it. an eighty-four. A 
 ' few days after receiving)" my connnission I joined this 
 ' glorious ship of ships. WHien I got a perspective view 
 ' of her gundeeks 1 thought her an equal match for any 
 ' ship afloat, and so she certainly was. and nobly proved 
 ' it afterwards. Her gallant Commander, Captain 
 ' Tyler, was from tlie P^merald Isle, liad a slight touch 
 ' of tlic brogue, and was replete witli anecdote. He 
 ' was good-humoured and a gentleman, and he never 
 ' punished a man unless he richly deserved it. INly 
 ' messmates were all young men and, generally 
 ' speaking, well informed, with the exception of the 
 ' Master, who was a countryman of mine and desperately 
 ' fond of doggerel verse as well as crayfish and conger 
 ' eels.' 
 
 AVe are fortunate, too, in being able to (juote Hoff- 
 mann as well as two other officers who served on the 
 Tounant as to the part played by tliat ship in the action 
 off' Cape Trafalgar. Refore doing so, however, we may 
 take a general glance at the opening phases of the 
 engagement as recorded in the naval histories of the 
 year 1805. 
 
 As 8.80 a.m. tlie French Admiral made the signal 
 for his ships to w^ear together and form a line in close 
 order upon the port tack, so as to bring Cadiz on his 
 lee bow and avail himself of that port as a harbour of 
 refuge if necessary. The Franco-Spanish line, owing to 
 the lightness of the wind and the consequent difficulty 
 in executing this manoeuvre, bore northward in the 
 form of a long crescent-shaped line, composed at first of 
 
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 two irregular lines witli ships two deep at some places 
 and three at others. The eventual cutting of this line 
 increase! the confusion by separating the Franco- 
 Spanish force into two divisions, the rearmost of whicli, 
 with which we are concerned, gradually clustering about 
 its leading vessel, the Santa Auiul, the flagship of 
 Admiral Alava. 
 
 Collingwood, leading the lee division of the British, 
 came up with a light wind from the X.W. on liis 
 quarter, and it was just at noon, in a briglit sun and 
 with a gentle swell from the westward, that the Fu^iicu.r, 
 the ship in the French line on his starboard bow, opened 
 her fire. Without an}^ possibility of replying, the Roijal 
 Sovereign stood straight for the interval between that 
 vessel and the next ahead in the French line, the Santa 
 Anna, and, in the midst of a tremendous fire from all 
 the ships of the enemy's line within gunshot, passed under 
 the stern of the Santa. Anna, into which she discharged 
 a raking broadside, by which slie placed four hundred 
 of her crew and fourteen of her gims hors de combat. 
 A^"ith his other starboard broadside, Collingwood raked 
 the Fugueucc, and then, putting his helm at starboard, 
 ranged alongside of the Santa Aiuia until the guns of 
 the two ships nearly touched. Here for nearly two 
 hours the two three-deckers maintained a terrific fight, 
 the Royal Sovereign at one time assailed by three other 
 vessels, the Fuguen.v on her stern, the San Leandro on 
 her bow, and the Indomptahlc on her starboard bow and 
 quarter, until the Santa Anna, at 2.15, with her tln-ee 
 masts over the side, surrendered, the Royal Sovereign 
 herself being in a state little better than a hulk. 
 
 The Belleisle was next engaged, then the 31ar.s. 
 The latter lost her captain and over seventy of her 
 
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 officers and crew, when the Toniiant's arrival saved her 
 from total destruction. 'V\\e Tonncuit steered straight 
 for the larboard bow of the Al^e.slra.s, passing between 
 her and the MoiKirca, raked her astern, and placed 
 herself alongside tliat vessel, pouring in a heavy fire 
 from her broadside. The Moucwca fell astern and 
 struck, though she afterwards rehoisted her colours. 
 The Al^csira.s now tried to cross the stern of the 
 Tonuimt ; but Captain Tyler, putting his helm hard 
 aport. ran her aboard and defeated the mancjeuvre, when 
 the two ships became entangled — the Tonmiut being 
 in an advantageous position, with her starboard brc^ad- 
 side on the French ship's bow. From tliis position 
 she was also able to bring her larboard guns to bear 
 on the Phitoii, tiien engaging the Mars, and the San 
 Juan Xepomactmo, lying upon her own bow. Shortly 
 before this, about 1.40 p.m.. Captain Tyler was shot 
 tlu-ough the thigh by a musket-ball fired from the 
 rigging of the Algesiras, and was carried below, lea\'ing 
 the command of the sliip to Lieutenant John Bedford. 
 
 Meanwliile the firing between the Tonuant and 
 Algcsiras continued with great fury. The latter soon 
 lost her foremast, and the Tonnant her main and 
 mizzen top-masts. The Algesiras now made an attempt 
 to board ; but her crew were driven back by the 
 Tonnanfs marines with a heavy nuisketry fire, with the 
 exception of one bold spirit, who was made a prisoner. 
 At 2.15 the French ship struck, and was boarded and 
 taken possession of by lieutenant Cliarles Bennett. 
 Fifteen minutes later the San Juan added a third to 
 the Tonnanfs prizes, when she hailed and struck lier 
 colours, and I^ieutenant Clement was sent with two 
 hands in the sole remaining boat, the jolly-boat, but 
 
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 failed to reach her, in circumstances which we shall 
 leave that officer to relate himself. The prize was 
 later secured by the Dread/iou^'/zf. After getting clear 
 of the Al^xsiras. the Tonnant sought to engage the 
 ships of Dumanoir's squadron, then endeavouring to 
 make their escape to windward, but, in her crippled 
 state, without much success. The ToiuKint lost twenty- 
 five killed and fifty wounded among her officers and 
 crew. The Algcsiras suffered much more heavily. Her 
 loss in killed and wounded amounted to two hundred, 
 includinii' Admiral Mag-on. who afterwards died of his 
 wounds but refused to leave his deck. 
 
 There is little need to pursue the general account of 
 the Rattle of Trafalgar much further. As is well 
 known, CoUingwood's division was in action by the 
 accident of its position some twenty minutes before 
 that of the weather column led by Nelson in the Victor a y 
 then about two miles to the windward. 
 
 Wq may now turn to different accounts of the 
 Toiuianfs engagement whicli have been recorded by 
 officers ser\'ing on board of her. Before setting these 
 out, however, we may quote a passage from a memoir 
 of Admiral Hargood, then Captain of the Bclleislc, 
 whicli shows how the Tonnant lost her pride of place 
 in the lee division, that of first astern to Admiral 
 Collintvwood : 
 
 ')-> 
 
 ' At twenty minutes before six o'clock, the Belleislcy 
 ' according to her log, answered the general signal to 
 ' form the order of sailing in two lines, and at six to 
 ' bear up and sail large, and to prepare for battle. At 
 ' this time the BcUeisIe was the third ship of the line, 
 ' whicli was led in gallant style by \'ice- Admiral 
 ' GoUingwood in the Rojjdl Sovereign. But the wind 
 
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 * was very light, and tlic Toiuiant. tlie sliij) at that time 
 
 * ahead of the Bcllcislc. sailed so heavily that, altlioiigh 
 
 * she had all sails set, the BcUeJslc under topsails and 
 
 * topgallant sails, could with difficulty keep lier station 
 ' astern. At eight, the wind falling still lighter, the 
 
 * Roijdl Sovereign was increasing her distance from the 
 ' ToinuDit, and consequently from the Bclle'hsic also, and 
 ' the ships of the Division. The comhined fleets at this 
 ' time were plainly to be seen, and under every sail on 
 ' the starboard tack. 
 
 * At twenty minutes past nine, the Koifdl Sovereign 
 'made the Belleisle and Toiinanfs signal to change 
 'places in the line, and for the Belleisle to make more 
 ' sail. A few minutes later the Bellei.sle with Royals 
 'or studding sails on both sides, was passing the To)inant 
 ' in obedience to Vice-Admiral Collingwood's signal, and 
 'the two Captains greeted each other warmly. Captain 
 ' Tyler hoping that we should each of us have an enemy's 
 ' ship in tow before night and the bands playhig " Rule 
 ' Britaimia. " ' 
 
 The first of the recollections of the battle by officers 
 w^io served on board is that of Captain Hoffmann, w horn 
 w^e have seen joining as lieutenant at Portsmouth just 
 before the Tonmuii sailed for Ushant early in the year. 
 
 • In a weeks time we formed one of the squadron, 
 ' and shortly after were joined by fourteen sail of the 
 ' line under Lord Xelson. The salutation was heartfelt 
 ' and most gratifying. The dispositions of the fleet were 
 ' soon made, and as they were as simple as possible, 
 ' there could be no mistake. A cordon of frigates Mere 
 ' ordered to repeat signals to us from the one nearest the 
 ' shore whilst we kept nearly out of sight of the land, 
 ' and all our ships" sides were ordered to be painted 
 ' yellow with black streaks, and the masts yellow. 
 
 ' AVe now mustered tw^enty-seven sail of the line, 
 ' four frigates and a schooner, and were waiting im- 
 
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 patiently for the joyful signal from the frigates that the 
 enemy were coming out of harbour. On the afternoon 
 of the 20th of October, 180.5, our longing eyes were 
 blessed with the signal. We cleared for quarters and 
 w^ere in high spirits. At daylight we had the felicity 
 of seeing them from the deck, and counted thirty-three 
 sail of the line, and three large frigates. They extended 
 in line ahead. 
 
 * We answered with alacrity the signal to make sail 
 for the enemy, preserving our order of sailing. The 
 sails appeared to know their places, and were spread 
 like magic. Tlie wind was very light, and it was nearly 
 noon before we closed with the enemy. We remarked 
 they had formed their ships alternately French and 
 Spanish. All our ships that had bands were playing 
 " Rule l^ritainia," " Downfall of Paris," etc. Our own 
 struck up "' Britons, strike home." We were slow in 
 moving through the water in consequence of the light- 
 ness of the wind so that some of the enemy's ships 
 gave us a royal salute before we could break their line, 
 and we lost two of the band and had nine wounded 
 before we opened our fire. The telegraph signal was 
 flying from the masthead of the Jlcfori/, " England 
 expects every man to do his duty." It was answered 
 by three hearty cheers from each ship, which must have 
 shaked the nerve of the enemy. We were saved the 
 trouble of taking in our studding-sails, as our opponents 
 had the civility to effect it by shot before we got into 
 their line. At length we had the honour of nestling 
 His Majesty's ship between a Frencli and a Spanish 
 seventy-four, and so close that a biscuit might have 
 been thrown on either of them. Our guns were all 
 double-shotted. Tlie order was given to fire ; being so 
 close every shot was poured into their hulls, and down 
 came the Frenchman's mizzen-mast, and after our 
 second liroadside the Spaniard's fore and cross-jack yards. 
 A Spanish three-decker now crossed our bows and gave 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 ' us a raking broadside wliich knocked away tlie fore and 
 ' main top-masts, the main and fore-yards with the 
 •jibboom and spirit-sail yard, part of the head, and killed 
 * and wounded twenty-two of the men. One midship- 
 ' man was cut literally in half. This was the more pro- 
 ' voking as we could not return her the compliment, 
 ' having full employment with those we first engaged. 
 
 ' We were in this situation about half-an-hour, when 
 ' the Spaniard called out he had struck, but before we 
 ' could take possession of him, a French ship of eighty 
 ' guns with an Admiral's flag came up, and poured a 
 ' raking broadside into our stern which killed and 
 ' WH^mded forty petty officers and men, nearly cut the 
 ' rudder in two, and shattered the whole of the stern 
 ' with the quarter gallics. She then in the most gallant 
 ' manner locked her bow-sprit in our starboard main 
 ' shrouds, and attempted to board us with the greater 
 ' part of her officers and ship's company. She had rifie- 
 ' men in her tops who did great execution. Our poop 
 ' was soon cleared, and our gallant captain shot through 
 ' the thigh and obliged to be carried below. During this 
 ' time we were not idle. We gave it to her most 
 ' gloriously with the starboard and main-deckers, and 
 'turned the forecastle guns loaded with grape on the 
 ' gentlemen who wished to give us a fraternal hug. The 
 ' marines kept up a warm and destructive fire on the 
 ' boarders. Only one man made good his footing on our 
 ' quarter-deck, when he was pinned through the calf of 
 ' his right ]eg by one of the crew with his half -pike, 
 ' w^hilst another was going to cut him down, which I 
 ' prevented, and desired him to be taken to the cock- 
 ' pit. At this period the Bcllcrophon, seeing our critical 
 ' position, gallantly steered between us and our first 
 ' French antagonist, and sheeted her home until she 
 ' struck her colours. Our severe contest with the French 
 ' Admiral lasted more than half-an-hour, our sides 
 ' grinding so much against each other that we were 
 
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 ' obliged to Hre our lower deck guns without running 
 ' tliem out. 
 
 ' ^Vt length both ships caught tire before the chest- 
 ' tress, and our firemen, with all the coolness and courage 
 ' so inherent in British seamen, got the engine and 
 ' played on both ships, and finally extinguished the 
 ' flames, although two of them were severely wounded 
 * in doinfif so. At len"th we had the satisfaction of 
 ' seeing her tlu-ee lower masts go by tlie l)oard. ripjHug 
 ' the partners up in their fall, as they had been shot 
 ' throuirli below the deck, and carrvini^ with them all 
 ' their sharp-shooters to look sharper in tlie next world, 
 ' for as all oiu* boats were shot through we could not 
 ' save one of them in this. 'Die crew^ were then ordered 
 ' with the second lieutenant to board her. They cheered 
 ' and in a short time carried her. They found the gallant 
 ' French Admiral Magon killed at the foot of the })oop 
 ' ladder, and the captain dangerously wounded. Out of 
 ' eii>'ht lieutenants five were killed, with three hundred 
 'petty officers and seamen, and about one hundred 
 ' wounded. We left the second lieutenant and sixty 
 ' men in charge of lier, and took some of the prisoners 
 ' on board when she swung clear of us. We liad 
 ' pummelled her so handsomely that fourteen of her 
 ' lower deck guns were dismounted, and her larl)oard 
 ' bow exhibited a mass of splinters. 
 
 " After she cleared us another Spanish three-decker 
 ' drifted nearly on board of us. We received her fire 
 ' which sliot away the gaff'. We returned her salute 
 ' with interest, and her fore-mast went about four feet 
 ' above her deck. We cheered and gave her another 
 ' broadside, and down came her coloiu's. We manned 
 ' the jolly boat — tlie only boat that we thought would 
 ' float — to take possession of lier, but she had not pro- 
 ' ceeded more than a few yards when down she went, 
 ' leaving the fourth lieutenant and her crew paddling 
 ' like sea nondescripts. Having no boat that would 
 
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 'float, four of the seamen jumped overboard to rescue 
 ' those who could not swim, and they all regained the 
 " sliip. Mr. Clement, the lieutenant, was nearly 
 ' drowned, and had it not been for a black man, who 
 
 • took him on his back, he must have sunk. (This man 
 ' lie never lost sight of, and left him a handsome legacy 
 ' when he died.) The signal was then made to repair 
 ' damages. We soon cut away all that was useless, and 
 " in twenty mimites we were under topsails as courses, 
 ' and top-gallant sails as topsails. 
 
 ' The carpenters had cobbled up one of the cutters 
 ' in which I was sent on board the Roi/a/ Soverc'/^aii to 
 
 • report our condition and to request the assistance of 
 
 * one of the fleet to tow us, as in consequence of our 
 ' rudder being so much shattered bv shot it was rendered 
 ' unserviceable. The Defiance was ordered to take us in 
 ' tow ; we shortly afterwards made the signal, that we 
 ' were able to renew the action. The enemy's Heet were 
 ' making for Cadiz. Nineteen sail of their line of battle- 
 
 * ships had surrendered, and one, the Achille, had blown 
 ' up. The explosion she made was sublime and awful ; 
 ' a nmnber of her crew were saved by the Picldc 
 " schooner. The wind still continued light, and the 
 ' signal was Hying to renew the attack. In about 
 ' twenty minutes we were again in the rear of tiie 
 ' enemy, who appeared to have had enough of it, as 
 ' they had neared Cadiz, and all the prizes except four 
 'seventy-fours were making for the harbour. This 
 ' was owing to their having so few of our men on board 
 ' them, and to our not being able, in consequence of 
 ' the loss of boats, to take out the prisoners. Wq gave 
 ' them some parting salutes. There were so many of us 
 ' in a crippled state it was thought prudent to haul to the 
 ' westward, as the swell was throwing us towards the 
 ' shore, and the sky iiad all the tokens of a gale of wind 
 'from the west-south-west. The signal was out to pre- 
 ' pare to anchor if necessary. Tlie Jioi/a/ Sovcrci^ii, 
 
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 ' which had only her foremast standing, with four otiier 
 ' ships of our fleet, had already anchored.' 
 
 An interesting letter written to his fatlier by Lieu- 
 tenant Clement, the youtli whom we have seen attempt- 
 ting to take possession of the San Juan in the TotuicDif.s 
 jolly-boat, appeared in tlie Coinhill Magdziue for ^Nlay 
 1895. which, by tlie courtesy of tlie publishers, we are 
 able to reproduce. 
 
 ' Tonmntt, the back of the Isle of White. 
 
 ' 30tli November, 1805. 
 
 * My dear Father, 
 
 ' I with pleasure sit down to give you a few par- 
 'ticulars of the late glorious action. Lord Nelson had 
 ' information that the enemy intended coming to Sea, 
 ' and that they should not know our force we kept off 
 ' Cape St. Mary's, we were reinforced by six sail of the 
 Mine from England. Admiral Lewis* was detached 
 
 * up the Mediterranean with six ships of the line. The 
 ' enemy knew Admiral I^ewis had gone though the 
 ' Straits and not knowing we were reinforced judged it 
 ' a most convenient opportunity of meeting us. Altlio' 
 ' we kept at so convenient or ratlier great distance yet 
 ' we kept up a chain of communication by ships being 
 
 * in sight of one another, by signal all the way to Cadiz. 
 ' On the 19th October the signal was made " the Enemy 
 ' was getting imder weigh," we immediately stood to the 
 ' Southward to preventing them passing the gut.f On 
 ' the 20tli dark cloudy weather with rain, the signal for 16 
 ' of the Enemy being at sea and liea\y squalls with thick 
 'rain — In the evening tlic signal for 30 of the Enemy's 
 ' ships, we stood to the Southward and W^estward, that 
 ' they should not see us, altho' our look-out ships saw 
 ' them. During the night signals continually made by 
 ' the look-out sliips to let us know the Enemy's situ- 
 
 * Louis. t Of Gibraltar. 
 
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 ADMIRAL TVLEU 
 
 iition. xVt length daylight opened to our view, the 
 Enemy's fleet, n most glorious sight for an English 
 fleet, having them also to leeward. Tlie signal 
 immediately for a general chase, moderate breezes, the 
 enemy forming a line of battle ahead to wait our 
 attack, the Englisli fleet composed of 27 sail of the line, 
 3 frigates, the combined fleets 88 of the line. 2 
 frigates, we went down in no order, but every man to 
 take his bird. 
 
 •At 11.30 the signal was made ^ England expects 
 every individual will do his duty." at 12 the P],nemy's 
 ships opened a most tremendous flre on the Roi/nl 
 Sovereign, which she returned, in a style that did 
 honour to old England, tlien on the Belle'isle, then on 
 the Toinumt . . . The Mars seconded us and at this 
 moment Lord Nelson's line began, but from smoke, 
 guns, etc.. from now all became confusion, except 
 within a few hundred yards at intervals. They cut us 
 up a good deal until we got our broadsides to bear on 
 a Spanish ship in breaking the line, when we gave her 
 such a murdering broadside that she did not return a 
 gun for some minutes, and a very few afterwards. 
 The French Algesiras (Admiral JNIagon) was the ship 
 astern of the ship we had saluted. Slie fllled her ^lain 
 Top sail and shot up to rake us, but we put our helm 
 up and tumbled on board of her and fought it out ; 
 the flre from both ships was tremendous, one or the 
 other must give way. At this critical time a Spanish 
 and Frencli ship crossed our bow. IJeing stationed on 
 the Forecastle and seeing the situation we were in, I 
 went aft to inform Captain Tyler, wlien I found he 
 been carried below wounded. The flrst Lieutenant 
 became Captain— he said he had sent for the oflicers 
 to consult what was best to be done, and at that 
 moment, the 2nd Lieutenant came up when we three 
 agreed to keep the boarders aft, and turn to on those 
 gentlemen on the How. Tiiey kept up a heavy flre on 
 
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 * us for some time, and we aecommodnting them with 
 ' as good as they sent, when an Enghsh sliip took the 
 'French one oft' from us — at this moment the Spanish 
 
 * sliip found our fire too heavy for her, and tlie ship on 
 'board of us on the Quarter struck, when Lt. licnnett 
 ' witli (JO men, stepped on hoard from our ship and took 
 'possession ; she proved to be the Al^esiras of 74' guns. 
 ' Adml. Magon'* who was killed in the action, as also 
 ' three lieutenants of her, and the Captain \ ery badly 
 ' wounded. She had 850 men when she began, and lost 
 ' .'JOO killed and wounded. She attempted to board us 
 ' several times. During this time we were hard at it on 
 'the Spanish ship, when at last down came her colours. 
 ' I hailed him and ask him if he had struck, when he 
 ' said " yes ' I came aft and informed the first I..ieut. 
 ' when he ordered me to board her. We had no boat 
 ' but what was shot, but he told me I must try : so 1 
 ' went away in the Jolly boat with 2 men, and had not 
 ' got above a quarter of the way when the boat swampt 
 ' . . . 1 caimot swim, but the two men that were with 
 ' me could, one a black man, the other a Quarter 
 
 * Master, he was the hist man in her, when a shot struck 
 ' her and knocked her Quarter oft*, and she turned bottom 
 ' up . . . Macnamara, the black man, staid by me on 
 
 * one side, and MacKay, the Quarter Master, on the 
 
 * other, until! 1 got hold of the Jolly Boat's fall that was 
 ' hanging overboard. I got my leg between the fall, 
 'and as the boat was lifted by the sea, so was I. and as 
 ' she decended I was ducked ; I found myself weak, 
 ' and thought I was not long for this world, but 
 
 * Macnamara swam to the ship and got a rope, and 
 ' came to me again, making it fast under my arms, 
 
 * wlicn I swang off and was hauled into the stern port. 
 
 * The sword and smitf-l)()x of Admiral Magon are still in the 
 possession of the Tyler family, as well as the swoi-d surrendered by 
 the (/ai)tain of the Spanish ship Sim Juan Xcpoinucciio which struck 
 to the Tonnant. 
 
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 •111 a short time I felt better, uiid tlie anxiety of the 
 ' time roused me, and 1 soon returned to my Quarters. 
 ' When some ship had taken possession of the Spanish 
 ' sliip ; she proved to be the Sdfi Juiin XejH)iiiuccno of 
 ' 74 ouiis. 1)00 men. and had 400 killed and wounded 
 Mil 5\c aetion. At this time Admiral Dumanoir with 
 ' 4 sail of the line was making off", when we opened a 
 'heavy and well-direeted fire on them. 'Phey fired on 
 'their own ships, as they went along that were in our 
 'possession: lO in number . . . one blew up and 
 ' one sunk, and eleven got into Cadiz. The next 
 ' morning tiiey eanie out to reeapture as many as they 
 • could, when there eame a heavy gale, during which 11 
 ' were lost. \\c have since got our people from Cadiz. 
 ' \\'e were by this time so complete a wreck that the 
 ^Sp/irtiafc was obliged to take us in tow. our rudder 
 'being very badly shot. Our Top Mast and Main yard 
 ' and ^To])" sail yards being also shot away, and our 
 'lower mast being ^ ery l)adly wounded as also every 
 ' remaining spar . . . In this^ state we experienced as 
 ' heavy a gale as ever I was in. The Spartiafc parted 
 'the tow rope, and to tell you the truth I never 
 'thought we should weather the land. All our prizes 
 ' were lost in the gale except 4, and what is most 
 'astonishing, not one English ship was lost, and out 
 ' of the 9 that remain in Cadiz, only 4 are worth repan% 
 'and onlv S with masts standing. On the 28th we 
 ' weathered Cape l^rafalgar and got to Ciibraltar, and 
 'got jury masts to come home. We arc ordered to 
 ' Portsmouth to refit, when 1 shall endeavour to get 
 ' leave of absence, and shall be able to give you a 
 ' better account than I can here. The loss has been 
 ' dreadful on the Enemy as all their men were lost m the 
 'wrecks . . . we spoke a vessel this morning which 
 'says Sir Richard Strachan has taken Dumanoir with 
 ' the other 4 ... '24 out of 88 is tolerable good work 
 ' . . . and only 4 of the 9 worth repair. ^Ve had 
 
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 * 26 killed and 50 wounded. Captain Tyler was shot 
 ' through the thigh early in the action by a musket ball, 
 ' but the bone is not hurt and he will soon recover. 
 
 * One little midshipman by the name of Brown killed, 
 ' the only officer in the ship, and another instance is not 
 ' known where not one of the ward-room officers was 
 ' hurt, in a ship so w^armly engaged, and the number 
 
 * of killed and wounded so great. 1 have reed. 2 
 
 * letters since May last, but I hope you have reed, mine, 
 
 * and trust through your goodness and interest to be 
 
 * soon promoted. We came home in company with tlie 
 
 * Tcmcraire, lloijal Sovereign. Coloss-us, and Lcv'iatliau. 
 
 * We are all lame ducks but the Leviathan who tows 
 
 * the Sovereign. We sent most of the Spanish prisoners 
 'on shore at Algesiras. Our Mess is full of officers, 
 ' and our stern is so completely beat that it is obliged to 
 
 * be plancked up and we have only 2 little peepholes which 
 ' makes it impleasant. I have 2 Gibraltar newspapers 
 
 * which I w^ill enclose in another letter, begging to be 
 ' kindly remembered to my dearest Mother, Brothers 
 
 * and Sisters and all at home, I am, my dearest Father, 
 *your Affectionate Son, 
 
 ' Bex.i. Ci>emext. 
 
 ' I hope you got a few lines 1 wrote by an ini- 
 ' expected opportunity, but if there had been hours at 
 ^ the time I could not have said more. 
 
 ' The Jioi/al Sovereign and LeviatJuin went into 
 
 * Plymouth yesterday.' 
 
 ' Thomas Clement, Esq., 
 Alton, 
 
 Hants. 
 
 Of another phase of the naval warfare of those 
 tunes, the sufferings of the wounded, and the forti- 
 tude with which they were borne, there is vivid record 
 in the following extracts, both relating to the work 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 of Mr. Chevers, the Surgeon to the Tonnaitt. Lieu- 
 tenant Hoffmann in liis Memoir says : 
 
 ' I must retrograde a httle here and relate a few 
 occurrences whicli took place during the action, and of 
 which I was an eye-witness. AVe had hoisted our 
 colours before the action in four different places — at 
 the ensign-staff, peak, and in the fore and main top- 
 mast slu'ouds, so that if one was shot away the others 
 might be flying. A number of our Heet had done the 
 same, and several of the enemy followed our example. 
 The French admiral's ship who so gallantly attempted 
 to board us had his flag hoisted in three places. One 
 of our men, Fitzgerald, ran up his rigging and cut 
 away one of them and placed it round his waist, and 
 had nearly, after this daring exploit, readied his ship, 
 when a rifleman sliot him and he fell between the two 
 sliips and was no more seen. The principal signalman, 
 whose name was White, and a captain of one of the 
 guns on the poop, had his right great toe nearly 
 severed from his foot. He deliberately took his knife 
 and cut it away. He was desired to go below to the 
 doctor. " Xo, sir," was his reply ; " I am not the 
 fellow to go below for such a scratch as that. 1 wish 
 to give the beggars," meaning the enemy, "a few more 
 hard pills before I have done with them." Saying 
 this, he bound his foot up in his neck-handkerchief 
 and served out double allowance until liis carronade 
 was dismounted by the carriage of it being shattered 
 to pieces. He then hopped to another gun, where he 
 amused himself at the Frenchman's expense until the 
 action ceased. 
 
 ' We had fought on nearly empty stomachs. At 
 the time we began the action it was dinner-time, i.e., 
 twelve o'clock ; a small proportion of cheese had been 
 given out and half an allowance of grog. During the 
 latter part of tlie action Captain Tyler, who was 
 
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 wounded and lying on a cot in the pursers cabin, sent 
 for me to report. On entering the cockpit 1 found 
 fourteen men waiting amputation of either an arm or 
 a leg. A marine who had sailed with me in a former 
 ship was standing up as I passed, with his left arm 
 lianging down. '• \Vhat\ the matter. Conolly T" 
 said I to him. '' Not much, sir," replied he : '* I 
 am only winged above my elbow, and I am waiting 
 my turn to be lopped." His arm was dreadfully 
 broken by a grape-shot. I regret to mention that 
 out of sixteen amputations only two survived. This 
 was in consequence of the motion of the sliip during 
 the gale. Their wounds broke out afresh, and it was 
 impossible to stop the lutmorrhage. One of them, 
 whose name was Smith, after liis leg was taken off, 
 hearing the cheering on deck in consequence of 
 another of the enemj' striking her colours, cheered also. 
 The exertion he made bin*st open the vessels, and 
 before they could be again dressed he fell back and 
 died.' 
 
 \ye also take the following from JVofcs and QiuTies, 
 6th sec, vol. iv., signed ' Calcuttensis ': 
 
 ' It may well be imagined that, with 20 killed and 
 ' 50 wounded, C. had hot work in the cockpit of the 
 ' Tonridut during the action. The place was utterly 
 ' dark, half of its depth being below the water-line. 
 ' C. did all his amputations by the light of tallow 
 ' candles, held torch-like by two assistants, to whom he 
 ' said, •' If you look straight into the wound, and see 
 ' all that I do, I shall see perfectly." I have myself 
 ' tried this plan, which is of infallible accuracy when 
 ' any work of this kind has to be done at night. A 
 ' consequence was that, when he w^ashed his ftice at the 
 ' first opportunity, he found that his eyebrows had been 
 ' burnt off. He received most admirable assistance 
 ' from Mr. George Booth, the purser, who, having no
 
 ADMIRAL TVLEK 
 
 ' duty elsewhere, shared the hibours of the surgeon. 
 ' Excellent aid was also given by a very powerful and 
 ' resolute woman, the wife of a petty officer, whose 
 'name 1 deeply regret I cannot recall. She and Mr. 
 ' Booth (whom I saw many years afterwards), a small 
 ' but singidarly agile man, carried the sailors who had 
 ' been operated upon to their temporary berths, taking 
 ' them up in their arms as if they had been children, in 
 ' a manner in which C. himself, a tall and very strong 
 ' young man, always spoke of with expressions of 
 ' wonder. C. brought away a singular relic of the 
 ' battle, which signally represented the fury of the fire 
 ' of musketry from the enemy's tops. \Micn the ship 
 ' was cleared for action, the Whidsor chairs forming 
 ' part of the ward-room furniture were suspended by a 
 ' rope passed from the main to the mizzen mast. The 
 ' chair which fell to C.'s lot when the ship was paid off 
 ' had part of its legs shot away, and another bullet had 
 ' passed completely through its thick oaken seat. In 
 ' the hurricane which followed the battle, all our people, 
 ' including the wounded, were greatly exposed to the 
 ' inclemency of the weather. One of the consequences 
 ' of this was that, when the wounded were placed in 
 ' hospital at Gibraltar, where C. worked with the other 
 ' surgeons, many of the poor fellows died of tetanus. 
 ' C. described the agony suffered by strong, muscular 
 ' sailors torn by splinter wounds (these wounds being 
 ' generally much more formidable than those inflicted 
 ' by shot) as being terrible, even to a surgeon. It will 
 ' be borne in mind that the venerable Sir George Rose 
 ' Sartorius, to whom every true Englishman wishes 
 ' many more j^ears of happiness and honour, was mid- 
 ' shipman in the Toiniant at Trafalgar. . . .' 
 
 On the evening of the day of the battle, Colling- 
 wood, now in command of the fleet, found time to 
 write a letter to Captain INIorris. of the Colossus, from 
 
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 which the following extract is taken. Captains DiifF 
 and Cooke commanded the Mai^s and Bellerophon re- 
 spectively, which with the CoIoshus and Tonnant were, 
 as we have seen, in Collingwoods column. Cooke was 
 killed soon after getting into action ; Duff, mortally 
 wounded, died a few days later at Gibraltar : 
 
 ' Queen, 
 
 'October 21st, 180,5. 
 ' My dear Morris, 
 
 * Give my love to Tyler. I esteemed you both long 
 ' since. How much then must this action which has 
 ' placed you among the most distinguished of England's 
 ' defenders, have increased my respect and admiration 
 ' for you. 
 
 ' Amid this blaze of glory, my heart is sinking with 
 ' grief and sorrow for our loss. The dearest and oldest 
 ' of my navy friends I have lost in the Commander-in- 
 ' Chief. 
 
 ' The virtues of Duff and Cooke will ever live in my 
 ' remembrance. Such a battle England never saw, so 
 ' begun and so supported to the end, it is an example to 
 ' future times. 
 
 ' With anxiety of mind and fatigue of body I am 
 * (juite worn down. I came into this ship to-day with 
 ' nothing but my secretary and my dog. My servant 
 ' was slain, and I cannot find the Sovereign to get any- 
 ' thing out of her. If you have any young men for 
 ' lieutenants, send them to me, with their passing cer- 
 ' tificates, and tell Tyler to do so too.' 
 
 # # # # * 
 
 Captain Tyler's subsequent experiences are best told 
 in the following letters, from which it will be seen that 
 he lay wounded at Gibraltar for a little over three 
 weeks, by which time he was well enough to resume 
 command of the Tonnant, and proceed to England 
 
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 with the Ti'incraire. as consort. He sailed on Novem- 
 ber 18th. and arrived at Spithead on the 1st of the 
 following month. 
 
 ' H.M.S.. Tonnant, 
 ' Gibraltar, 
 
 • 29th October, 1 805. 
 
 * ^ly beloved ^Margaret, 
 
 ' Before this reaches you, the account of our glorious 
 ' victory of the 21st inst. must liave reached England, 
 
 * and I therefore take this, the earhest opportunity of 
 ' assuring you I am in the fairest and best possible 
 
 * way of doing well. The hurt I received was in my 
 ' right thigh from a musket ball, but, fortunately, it 
 ' done no other harm than passing through it. My 
 ' surgeon is perfectly satisfied and my health and spirits 
 
 * are so good he gives me hopes I shall very soon get 
 
 * about. 
 
 ' I am writing this in Mr. Pownall's house, who has 
 ' kindly given me a room as the noise on board is 
 
 * dreadful and my cabin is a perfect barn. The Tonnant 
 ' done her part well : I will send you in my next more 
 
 * of the particulars. My friend Morris inhabits the 
 
 * next room to me and I am happy to say his wound is 
 ' but slight, on the knee. His ship suffered much. We 
 
 * had twenty-five killed and fifty wounded. 
 
 ' I beg and entreat you will keep up your spirits, 
 
 * for, be assured, I would not buoy you up with false 
 
 * hopes, and trust in God my next will give you 
 
 * accounts of my perfect recovery. 
 
 • Give my affectionate love to the dear children, and 
 
 * every good wish to your father and all his house, 
 
 * friends, &c. I am obliged to write this in bed, as I am 
 
 * obliged to keep my leg up for the present. 
 
 ' Most sincerely do we all lament our noble and 
 ' worthy Admiral, but Avhen or how could he die better 
 
 * than for his country. 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 ' Phelps is well and very attentive to me. ^lind my 
 ' charge and prove yourself worthy of being the wife of 
 ' an English sailor. God bless you and preserve you, 
 ' prays yours affectionate husband, 
 To ' Charles Tyler. 
 
 ' Mrs. C. Tyler, 
 
 ' Northdown, 
 
 ' Pembroke.' 
 
 ' Rossair Bay House, 
 * Gibraltar, 
 
 ' 3rd November, 1805. 
 
 ' I have the unspeakable satisfaction of assuring my 
 ' beloved and dearest Margaret, I am astonishingly 
 ' recovered for the short time I have been here. The 
 ' wound in my thigh has tlie best appearance and the 
 ' surgeons who have seen it pronounce there is not the 
 ' smallest danger and in the course of ten days I shall 
 ' be able to walk. I have never had any fever to 
 ' signify. My siu'geons would have had me drink 
 ' plenty of Madeira, but 1 would not, fearing it would 
 ' increase the inflammation, but now, thank God, every 
 ' appearance of that is gone, and profuse and good dis- 
 ' charge from the wound. I shall and must have a little 
 ' fruit. I wrote you a few lines the day after I landed. 
 ' Morris (who is much better, his was only a graze of a 
 ' shot on the outside knee) sent it by a Jew, who 
 ' promised to send it to IJsbon, but I think this will 
 ' reach you first, therefore keep up your spirits with the 
 ' hope of soon seeing me, as the Tonnanf is in the 
 ' Mole. Her rudder was severely damaged, but will be 
 ' patched to take us home, which I expect and hope in 
 ' about ten days. Plymouth, I conclude, will be our 
 ' port. I shall reserve the deeds of heroism performed 
 * l3y the Tonnant, on the glorious battle of the 21st. I 
 ' told you, my beloved Margaret, if they did come out, 
 ' it would be a proud day for old England. Their force 
 
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 at the comniencenient of the battle was thirty-three, 
 ours twenty-seven. AVe have taken and destroyed 
 twenty-two, and those tliat did escape were all 
 dismasted and beat most shocking, so that the com- 
 bined Fleet in this quarter is quite done up. 1 must 
 tell you, my opponent, after my breaking their line, 
 was a Spanish line of battle ship, in fifteen minutes she 
 was silenced ; we were not tliirty yards from her. The 
 ship astern was French, the Al^esiras (Admiral 
 INlagon) mounting eighty-two guns ; she ran aboard us 
 on the starboard quarter and remained there till we 
 obliged her to strike. The coolness of the officers 
 and uncommon courage of the men soon gave us a 
 superiority. Admiral Magon. several of his officers, 
 and three hundred men were killed and wounded. 
 Our loss is very trifling considering the exposed 
 manner we went down to engage them, twenty-six 
 killed, hfty wounded. God certainly was our chief 
 support. Xot an English ship is missing or materially 
 damaged excepting masts and sails. A violent gale 
 came on the Tuesday evening, and blew^ a perfect 
 storm right on shore for four days, so that we were 
 obliged to abandon our prizes to save the men's lives 
 and although we have only saved four, yet the honour 
 is to us the same, and our country has to claim the 
 greatest victory ever obtained by any nation. And 
 can you, dearest INIargaret, regret for a moment your 
 husband was one of the twenty-seven that achieved 
 this glory to their country. I forget my wound, and 
 would not now be without it for a great deal. \'ou 
 may expect to see me with a genteel limp for a little 
 time. Give my affectionate lov^e to the dear children, 
 I long to embrace you and tliem. Love to your 
 father, Bessie. John and Corisande. 
 
 ' 1 sent my last to Coutts that it might appear 
 a commercial letter to prevent curiosity on its way 
 through Spain. Phelps is well and veiy attenti\'e to 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 * me. James as usual ; he had a shght touch but his 
 
 * head proved the harder. Hourne and Peregrine* are 
 ' well and behaved with spirit. The remains of our 
 ' late dear, and much to be lamented Lord Nelson are 
 ' to be sent home. Poor DufF and Cooke, both men of 
 ' unblemished honour, fell, Morris and I the only captains 
 ' wounded. The enemy reckon on ten thousand killed, 
 ' wounded and prisoners. 
 
 ' God preserve you, my beloved and dearest 
 ' Margaret is the prayer of your faithful and affectionate 
 ' husband, Charles Tyi-eu. 
 
 * P.S. — I expect a letter from you will meet me at 
 
 ' Plymouth Dock. I think we shall sail for England 
 ' in seven or eight days.' 
 
 •&' 
 
 ' Gibraltar, 
 
 ' 9th November, 180.5. 
 
 ' I wrote to my beloved Margaret by the 13eUcislCy 
 
 * Captain Hargood, who sailed the 3rd, and desired he 
 ' would write a few lines to you, as he saw me half an 
 ' hour before sailing, as it would be more satisfaction to 
 ' you and confirm the good account of my health, and 
 
 * the promising state of my wound. I have to thank 
 
 * God I get better every day ; the wound is fast healing 
 ' up, and has every appearance of doing well. A long 
 ' confinement and being only able to lay on my back 
 ' makes it tiresome and my nights are tedious and rest- 
 ' less, but by small opiates I get ease and rest without 
 ' any bad consequences from it. 
 
 • Thursday the 7th was appointed by the Admiral 
 ' to return thanks to God for oiu' victory and deliver- 
 ' ance. I Avas very sorry I could not attend in my 
 
 * place ; The people I am told had a very proper sense 
 ' of God's good providence and beluned with great 
 
 * Two niitlshipmen. 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 decorum. For my own part I most sincerely return 
 thanks, for never had any person more reason ; had 
 the ball taken any other direction, I must have lost 
 my leg high aljove the knee. I have no doubt but 
 what I shall walk stiff for some time, but as I have 
 perfect use of my knee joint, ankles and toes, I am 
 persuaded I shall be as well as ever. I lia\'e given you 
 tlie truth and the whole truth and entreat you will 
 not be uneasy, and make your mind up to see me in 
 England ere long. Toiuiaiit hauls out of the Mcle 
 this morning. Her rudder was very much damaged, 
 but is repaired sufficiently to take us home. We shall 
 sail in tlie next di\ ision as the Admiral desires five or 
 six to go at a time, and as I am not fit to take charge of 
 a squadron I prefer going with the Tcincrairc, Captain 
 Harvey, who is my senior. I liope our victory will 
 meet its just applause from our King and Country. It 
 stands um'ivalled for the bravery of its attack and its 
 result. Tiie enemy have lost 22 sail of the line out 
 of 33 and those that got into Cadiz are miserably 
 shattered. A^illeneuve the French Admiral says men 
 who would make the attack we did and de- 
 termined to conquer or fall, must beat, and that we 
 were irresistible. Tlie poor Spaniards declare they 
 will never meet us again. Captain King, of the 
 AcliUle has just called and gets imder weigh to-day. 
 He is so good as to take charge of this and will also 
 write you a line as he met my surgeon coming from 
 dressing me. Kiss our dear children with my affec- 
 tionate love. I long and trust in God the time is not 
 far off when I shall hold you all to my heart. Give 
 my kind regards to your father, Bessie, John, Abraham, 
 and family. Morris is doing vastly well. His was 
 only a graze of a shot on the outside of the knee but 
 of little consequence though painful. I received a 
 letter from Lisbon yesterday from you, l)ut conceive 
 my disappointment, it was for Phelps. He is well and 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 very attentive, but sleeps too sound for a nurse. I am 
 extremely indebted to Mr. Pownall for his attention 
 and keeping a room for me, otherwise I don't know 
 what would become of me and Morris. * C. T.' 
 
 ' 15th November 1805.' 
 ' JNIy dear Tyler, 
 
 ' God bless you and send you well home. AVhere- 
 ' ever you are, you have my liearty and sincere wish for 
 ' every happiness to you. All my own squadron are 
 ' leaving me, and I am sorry for it, but I shall always 
 ' remember that you were the original. Farewell. 
 ' I am, 
 
 ' Ever most sincerely yours, 
 
 ' CUTHBEIIT COI.LINGWOOD.' 
 
 ' Spithead. 
 
 ' Sunday 1st Dec. 1805. 
 
 ' Thank God, my beloved Margaret, we have arrived 
 ' here safe after a passage of thirteen days from Gib- 
 ' raltar. 1 have only time to tell you I am much better, 
 ' the wound in my thigh will soon be healed up, but 1 
 ' must expect to go lame for some time, however, thank 
 ' God, that is of little consequence. You must expect to 
 ' see me very thin, but Xorthdown air and good living 
 ' will get me round. 
 
 ' AVrite by return of post to Portsmouth. 1 have 
 ' only a minute to write. ' C T.' 
 
 ' TofUKUlf, 
 
 ' Spithead. 
 
 ' 1st Dec. 1805. 
 ' My beloved Margaret, 
 
 ' 1 wrote a few lines last evening which Mr. Motley, 
 ' Pratique Officer, thought would be in time for cross 
 ' post, but 1 fear it. (^ur passage home was very 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 * favoumble. Some of the ships tluit sailed ten days 
 
 * before we did, are coming in now. I shall lea\'e all I 
 ' have to say of the battle till we meet. I have to-day 
 ' written for lea^'e of absence, and as 1 mnst stay a 
 ' few days at Portsmouth. 1 have requested Sir John 
 
 ♦ Carter to take me a lodging. Xevy likely I must 
 ' go to town for if 1 can get a pension for my wound, I 
 ' don't see why I shouldn't have it. ^Many have had it 
 'for less hurt.* 1 am certainly better, but I don't gain • 
 ' strength, having a nasty low fever, but I attril)ute it 
 
 • to the confinement. 1 liave hardly any inconvenience 
 
 • from my wound, but I feel it will be some time before 
 ' I can have the proper use of my leg and thigh. It is a 
 
 * very correct case. 
 
 ''Tonnanfs list of killed and woimded was not sent 
 ' with the rest, but I have sent it to the Admiralty. 
 
 " I wrote three letters to you from Gibraltar, one by 
 ' IJsbon, but I fear you have received neither. 
 
 ' It was out of niy power to write innnediately after 
 
 • the action as we lost our top mast and were not netir 
 ' the Admiral but as soon as the gale would ])ermit 
 
 • I got to Gibraltar. Mr. Pownall, storekeeper, was 
 'particularly kind to me and Morris. He (Morris) is 
 ' quite recovered and can walk with the assistance of a 
 ' stick. His wound was trifling in the knee. 
 
 ' Had it been summer I would have invited you to 
 'take a trip but at this time of the year, and I fully 
 ' purpose getting home as soon as possible, it woukl be 
 ' worrying you to no purpose and the fatigue more than 
 ' you can bear. 
 
 ' Heaven knows how I long to once more enjoy our 
 ' fireside. I don't think I shall soon again leave it. 
 ' Give my kind regards to your father, love to Bessie, 
 ' cV'c, cVc. I shall go home by (Gloucester as I don't 
 ' like the ferry, it is such a walk at low water. I 
 ' shall make easy journeys for I nuist not be out after 
 ' dark. l*helps' will attend me, he is not a good nurse, 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 ' he likes his bed too well and does not anticipate what 
 ' is wanting. I am obliged when getting up to make 
 ' my bed and almost tell him every article of dress 
 ' I want thoutyh he has done it a thousand times. In 
 ' other respects lie is certainly a Nery good servant. 
 
 ' I hope last night's letter may save post so that 
 ' I may hear by Friday. It is a long tedious time 
 ' to wait for I dread your anxiety at not hearing from 
 ' me and knowing nothing certain al)out ToniuDit, but 
 ' all will be well again. I am sure I ought to be ^'ery 
 ' thankful to God at receiving so little harm. AVe have 
 'just got rid of two hundred French prisoners. The 
 ' officers a miserable set. Sir John has sent me word 
 ' he has got me a lodging. I liope to get on shore 
 ' to-morrow if it is fine, to-day it rains. Young Bourne 
 ' and Peregrine are well, (lod bless you my dearest 
 ' Margaret, send me a good Jiccount of yourself and 
 ' children, and I shall be happy. ' C. T.' 
 
 From Mr. Josiah Wedgwood : 
 
 ' Gunville. 
 
 ' December Gth 1805. 
 ' My dear Sir. 
 
 ' I am happy to hear from yourself that you are 
 ' in a convalescent state. "S^our escape has been a 
 ' narrow one. and such as all your friends lune great 
 'occasion to be tliankful for. I fear Mrs. Tyler will 
 ' have suffered much from her apprehensions, and there 
 ' is something very shocking to tlie feelings in so near 
 ' an escape from so great a danger. 
 
 ' Bessie and I are very desirous of having you here 
 ' to nurse you if you do not go to Pembrokesiiire. If 
 ' travelling by land is too fatiguing to you, we are 
 'only 18 miles from Poole, or 40 from Soutliampton. 
 ' If Mrs. Tyler sliould come to you at Portsmouth. 
 ' Bessie Hatters herself she would rather bring you here 
 ' than remain at Portsmouth. I will only add on this 
 
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 ' subject, that if it is not inconsistent witli your plans 
 ' we sliould be made happy by your coming here and 
 ' Bessie, who is a good nurse, would do her best to 
 ' recruit you. 
 
 ' The feehngs of grief and regret for the loss of your 
 ' incomparable Admiral were so general and so strong 
 ' as quite to check and abate the delight that the 
 ' victory would otherwise have created in all our 
 « bosoms. ^Vhat then must be the emotion with whicli 
 ' his deatli was deplored by his friends and companions 
 ' in danger and glory. This ^'ictory was as seasonable 
 ' as it was unequalled. It lias given security for our 
 ' country and will animate our alhes on tlie Continent. 
 ' It has "taught Frenchmen a lesson that this generation 
 ' will not forget, and wliatever may be the event of 
 ' Continental warfare, our navy is found so superior to 
 ' all opposition that we may look on the war without 
 ' dread, and firmly rely on our wooden walls for safety. 
 
 ' It appears to be' allowed by all that the Tonnant 
 ' had a brilliant share in the victory, and though such 
 ' achievements can only be produced from the manly 
 ' and honourable teeliiigs you have expressed, I hope 
 ' your wound and the consciousness of having so per- 
 ' fectly fulfilled your duty will not be the only conse- 
 ' queilce of your exertions on that proud day. 
 ' W\\\\ Bessie's aifectionate remembrances, 
 ' I am, my dear Sir. 
 
 ' Most truly yours, 
 
 J. Wedgwood.' 
 
 ' Admiralty, 
 
 ' 9th December, 1805. 
 
 ' Dear Sir, 
 
 ' 1 heartily congratulate you on the share you have 
 ' had in the late glorious unparalleled victory, and your 
 ' return home. I shall be very happy to see you at the 
 ' ^Vdmiralty when you come to town. 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 Q' The French signals may be useful to us at the 
 
 * Board, and I shall be obliged to you for tliem. 
 
 ' I am, my dear Sir, 
 
 * Your sincere humble servant, 
 
 ' Gam BIER.' 
 
 ' x\rlington Street, 
 
 , ., , o. ' December lOth, 1805. 
 
 * My dear Su', 
 
 ' I was very happy to find the enquiries I had made 
 ' respecting your wound and the answer I had received 
 
 * were confirmed by your letter, and since I learn it is 
 ' not likely to prove dangerous and I hope not 
 ' materially inconvenient. 
 
 ' I miglit ahnost congratulate you on receiving a 
 ' mark of your gahantry on tlie glorious day on which 
 ' the wound was acquired. 1 am always particularly 
 
 * sorry when I hear any officer thinks of retiring from a 
 ' service he lias engaged in, especially wlien he has 
 ' attained the high rank and reputation you have done, 
 
 * and I therefore hope more consideration and a pros- 
 
 * perous recovery will induce you to give up tliat idea. 
 ' I liope it is unnecessary for me to say I shall very 
 ' readily be a channel of any request you may have to 
 
 * make to the Admiralty, if the channel is necessary, 
 ' })ut 1 do not quite understand from your letter what 
 
 * is tlie nature of the application you wish me to make. 
 ' As soon as 1 do, I will \'ery readily consult with some 
 
 * friends of mine at the Admiralty upon it. 
 
 ' I did not receive your letter from (Gibraltar. I beg 
 
 ' you to belie\'e me, 
 
 ' Most sincerely* and truly yours, 
 
 ' Camdkx.' 
 
 ' I^ondon, 
 
 . m J /-'u 1 ' 12th December, 1805. 
 
 ' My dear C harles, 
 
 ' I am abimdantly thankful to you for your ^'ery 
 
 ' kind letter of the 10th inst., which was doid^ly 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 ' iicceptable in that it brought nie a favourable account 
 ' of your wound doing weD and a flattering proof that 
 ' as "an old friend I was still in your memory, and you 
 ' will do me but justice in believing that I have not 
 ' been without my encpiiries and a nat\u"al degree of 
 ' solicitude about you. You needed not the memento 
 ' you have met with to bring to your recollection tlie 
 'glorious achievements of that day which have done 
 'you all such honour. Had your Chief happily sur- 
 ' vived it, what a one it would have been for iiini, but 
 ' as it is, it will be justly held in commemoration for 
 ' ages as the only tribute which can now be paid him. 
 
 ^' You may believe I shall be truly happy to see you 
 ' when you come to town, which I "hope you will not 
 'do without sending me your address. 1 go into the^ 
 ' country to-morrow, but shall be back the beginning of 
 ' the week. Adieu, my dear Charles, and believe me, 
 
 ' Ever invariably yours, 
 
 *' HOTHAM.' 
 
 ' Ibbotson's Hotel, 
 
 ' \>re Street, London, 
 
 ' 81st December, 1805. 
 
 ' I am just returned, my beloved iMargaret, from a 
 ' visit to the Admiralty and having an interview and 
 ' some conversation with Admiral Gambler. 
 
 ' My account for Tonnant I hope will be passed 
 ' and p'erhaps some of the Trafalgar prize-money paid, 
 ' and then we may indulge ourselves : at present the 
 'quiet and country air, the society of my beloved 
 ' ^Margaret and children will contribute a thousand 
 ' times more than all tlie waters. 
 
 ' I have put your ring in hand and I hope y()u will 
 ' like it. Harrv dined Avith me yesterday, and in the 
 ' evening ^Ir. James Allen was so good as to come ; he 
 'wanted me to dine with him to-day, but that was 
 ' quite out of the question. I hope to see Baugh Allen. 
 
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 MEMOIRS OP^ 
 
 * Mr. Clyne is not to be here before five, so that I feared 
 ' I should lose post, but if in time you shall know his 
 ' opinion. Lord Hotham called on me again this 
 
 * morning. Lord Camden won't be in town till Friday. 
 
 * 1 shall speak freely to him, and hope by Saturday or 
 
 * ^londay to bend my course home. I will certainly 
 
 * call on Mr. Jeffries at Brecon if I go that way, which 
 
 * is my intention. Capt. Leach wrote me word he was 
 ' laid up with gout, but I think of driving there to- 
 
 * morrow. I must dine with Lord Teynham Thursday, 
 
 * Friday I shall see Lord Camden. I must see the 
 ' Dowager and Lady Dacre after, and then my visits 
 
 * end. Mr. Clyne has just left me, and says he has no 
 ' doubt in three months I shall be able to walk, he 
 
 * recommends sea-bathing to the part affected so that I 
 ' can have it cheap at home ; he also says he never saw 
 ' such an escape. He is a cheerful pleasant man and 
 
 * has quite given me spirits, and says I may go home 
 
 * whenever I choose. Let me hear by return of post. 
 
 * God bless you. Love to the children. 
 
 ' Ever yours affectionately, 
 
 'C. T.' 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 CHAPTER \ L 
 
 1800-1816. 
 
 F"^ RO^I Captain Tyler's official correspondence with 
 the Admiralty we gather that he still continued 
 in command of the Tonnant on full pay. though he 
 appears to have been granted what in those strenuous 
 times was considered an indulgence in the form of a 
 month's leave of absence. This in the circumstances 
 seems no especial favour to a man severely wounded 
 in a victory which relieved his country of the greatest 
 menace with which it had ever been threatened. How- 
 ever, we find him applying to the Admiralty on 
 February 9th, 1800, for an acting captain to be ap- 
 pointed temporarily to his ship. ' as I am not yet able 
 to walk without a crutch.' Subsequent correspond- 
 ence suggests that this was done, as we find him 
 writing from his home of Northdown, Pembroke, until 
 the end of the year, letters that show that he was in full 
 possession of all the details of the routine on board the 
 Tonnant, and was still responsible for her management 
 to the Admiralty. 
 
 Meanwhile it is pleasant to know that his efforts to 
 obtain a pension in respect of his wound were not un- 
 successful, and that the 250/. per annum which resulted 
 from his application was an addition to his income, 
 which as appears from letters to his wife as already 
 quoted, he had scarcely hoped to gain. His petition to 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 King George the Third for the granting of the pension 
 may. perhaps, be given as an interesting doeument of 
 that date. 
 
 'To THE King's most excellent Majesty 
 ' IX Coi'Xctl 
 
 'THE HUMBLE PETITION OF ChARLES TyLER 
 
 ' Humbly Sheweth 
 
 ' That your Majesty's petitioner during the action 
 'with the Combined Fleets of France and Spain off 
 ' Trafalgar on the Coast of Spain, while conimanding 
 'Your Majesty's Ship Tonnant under the Orders of 
 ' I^ord A'iscount Nelson, received a severe wound in his 
 ' right Thigh, by a Musket Ball which passed thro' it ; 
 'and has so injured the Muscles as to make it very 
 ' doubtful whether he may ever have again tlie use of 
 ' the Limb. The Keport of tlie Surgeons' Company 
 ' hereunto annexed will best explain the nature of the 
 'wound which, in tlieir Opinion, is of equal prejudice 
 ' to the habit of lk)dy as tlie loss of a Fimb. 
 
 ' That your petitioner while on Duty in America 
 'under l^ord Hotham in the year 1777. by the extream 
 ' severity of the weather, was so injured in his left I^eg, 
 ' as to render it necessary to remove tlie small bone, in 
 'consequence of which he was upwards of Two Years 
 ' unable to move, except on crutches, and he has ever 
 ' since been T.ame. 
 
 ' That your petitioner has served in Your ^lajesty's 
 ' Navy about thirty-five Years, with Zeal and Fidelity, 
 ' and has now no other means of supjiort for himself 
 ' and his family than what he derives from his pay. 
 
 ' Your Majesty's petitioner therefore,' etc. 
 
 We may here give a letter from his aunt. Lady 
 Dacre, which seems characteristic of an old lady little 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 reconciled with the changes whicli slie saw going- on 
 around lier. Lady Dacre died a few months hiter. 
 
 ' IJruton Street. 
 
 'JNIay 18th. 18()(). 
 ' Dear Sir. 
 
 ' The receipt of your kind letter was most welcome 
 ' to me. as it informed me that you had succeeded in 
 ' your application for a pension ; well-earned, God 
 ' knows : 1 wish, however, they had been a little more 
 ' liberal in the sum, but I cannot help looking to your 
 ' still being of use in the cause of your coimtry, and 
 ' being entitled to a more distinguished rank. In the 
 ' meantime I hope you will enjoy the society of your 
 ' ^ aluable companion and amiable children. I am glad 
 ' to hear your eldest son is come to his senses, and I 
 ' much hope ha\ing seen his errors, he will henceforth 
 ' be a comfort to you, and that your inclinations as well 
 ' as interest may ever be united. 
 
 ' I should, indeed, be happy once more to be pos- 
 ' sessed with a sight of Mrs. Tyler for whom I feel a 
 ' sincere regard, and also of your young offspring and 
 'eldest daughter, who is in a manner grown up. It is 
 ' a mortifying circumstance that the distance is so great 
 ' between us, but as every one at times has a wish to see 
 ' this wonderfully increased Capital, not for the better 
 ' in my opinion, when night is turned to day, and the 
 ' amusements far from what used to occur, that for my 
 ' part a little of London goes a long way. I am now 
 ' going to my villa to be ready to attend Mrs. Tyler when 
 ' called upon. The country at present is in high per- 
 'fection, whicli induces me to quit I^ondon without 
 ' reluctance. Should anything induce you to take a 
 'trip there, I shall hope you would not forget that I 
 ' reside only 8 miles off. I beg thro' you to assure Mrs. 
 ' Tyler and your young folks of my affectionate compli- 
 ' ments, and shall release you. wishing you e\ ery success 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 * your health and circumstance can admit of, being. 
 ' my dear Sir. with every sentiment of trood-will and 
 ' affection, ' Yours, A. Dacke/ 
 
 The whole country was still rejoicing for the victory 
 of Trafalgar, and desirous of expressing its gratitude to 
 those wlio had helped to bring it about. On .lanuary 
 28th the House of Commons, as voicing the nation, 
 resolved, 
 
 ' That a Vote of Thanks be given to Uear- 
 ' Admiral the Earl of Northesk, and the several cap- 
 ' tains and officers of the Fleet under the command of 
 ' the late A iscount Nelson, and that A^ice- Admiral T^ord 
 ' Collingwood do signify the same to Rear- Admiral 
 
 * tiie Earl of Xorthesk and the several captains and 
 ' officers.' 
 
 The Committee of the Patriotic Fund, too, pre- 
 sented swords with appropriate inscriptions, of the value 
 of 100/. eacli to the surviving captains, and commanders 
 of the respective ships. Those of the lieutenants who 
 had been severely wounded each received 100/., and the 
 junior ranks w^ere rewarded in proportion. 
 
 The following letter, announcing a further honour 
 for Captain Tyler, in the award of a gold medal for 
 himself and fellow-captains, was despatched from the 
 Admiralty on ^lay 9th : 
 
 ' Sir, — His Majesty having been graciously pleased 
 ' to order medals to be given to the Captains com- 
 ' manding line of battle ships in the action of the 21st 
 ' October 1805, as a mark of his royal approbation of so 
 ' distinguished a service, I have the honour of herewith 
 ' transmitting one to you. I beg to express the sincere 
 ' pleasure I feel in being charged with His Majesty's 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 * command on this occasion, and liave tlic honour to be, 
 ' with the highest regard, 
 
 ' Sir, 
 ' Your most obedient humble ser\ant, 
 
 ' Ho WICK.' 
 
 ' To Captain C. Tyler, R.X.' 
 
 One of Tyler's preoccupations during 1806 was that 
 of procuring the entrance into the Navy of his son 
 George, born in 1792, and now conse(juently in his 
 fourteenth year. We read from a letter to the Secre- 
 tary of the Admiralty, that he had been ' three years at 
 a clergyman's previous to the Reverend Mr. Jone's 
 certificate,' and that he understood * the common rules 
 of arithmetic and a little of the French language.' 
 The Reverend Mr. Jones, Rector of Hongeston and 
 Master of the free Grammar Scliool, certifies that 
 ' Master George Tyler, son of Captain Tyler of the 
 ' Royal Navy, was at my school from March 1st, 1804 
 ' to June 6th, 1800, and that he read Ovid's Metamor- 
 ' plums, Justin, and the Greek Grammar, and that the 
 
 * whole of his conduct merited my full approbation.' 
 
 Tyler's efforts to pass the boy into the Xavy were 
 duly successful a year or two later. He lost an arm in 
 1811 in a boat attack in Quiberon Ray, later served 
 under his father as Flag Lieutenant, and attained post 
 rank in 1822, Rear- Admiral in 18.52, and \'ice-y\dmiral, 
 1857. He in due season obtained knighthood, was 
 Governor of the Island of St. Vincent, M.P. for the 
 County of Glamorgan, and died in 1862, leaving a 
 family to-day represented by the Tylers of Cottrell. 
 
 It is uncertain how long Tyler remained in com- 
 mand of the ToiUKDit, but we think it probable that he 
 was placed on the half-pay list at the end of 1 806, or early 
 
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 ill the foUowino- year. In any case, in April of 1807 
 he was again soIicitin<>' active service at the Admiralty. 
 Ill that month we find a letter from Lord Mulgrave, 
 evidently in answer to siieh an applieation. ' I re- 
 member,' writes Mulgrave. ' with great satisfaction 
 the advantage whicli His iMajesty's service derived 
 from your active exertions at Toulon.' and he pro- 
 mised his interest in Tyler's application as soon as he 
 had taken liis seat at the Admiralty. Later in the 
 year we find an offer of tlie ' Control of payment of 
 ships,' which M nigra ve made with another expression 
 of iiis liappiness ' in this opportunity of renewing our 
 old Toulon acquaintance,' which, however, Tyler did 
 not feel able to accept. Later, on May 24tli, 1808, 
 he lioisted his flag on board the CThididtor as second 
 in command at Poi-tsmouth, liaving on April 'iStli 
 been promoted to flag rank as Rear-Admiral, and on 
 the 27t]i he at length resumed active service by an 
 appointment which was conveyed by tlie following 
 letter from Lord M nigra ve : — 
 
 ^ p . ' Admiralty, 
 
 ^ ''^^'''^^- ' May 27th, 1808. 
 
 ' Dear Sir, 
 
 ' I am happy to have it so soon in my power to offer 
 ' you services afloat, and (as I recollect you to have 
 ' mentioned some inconvenience whicli you apprehended 
 ' from your wound, if you sliould have undertaken the 
 ' payments wliich I offered to you previous to your 
 ' ])ronioti()n) I will leave it to your option to be 
 ' employed either in the Lisbon Fleet under tlie 
 ' command of Sir Charles Cotton, or in the Squadron to 
 ' be assembled for the purpose of watching the Enemy's 
 ' force collected in the Scheldt. I do not wish you 
 * to mention my ha\ ing left you this option, as I am not 
 
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 ' ciesirous of cTcnting any general expectation of elioice 
 ' of service. 
 
 ' I am, with oreat esteem and re<rard. 
 * dear Sir, 
 ' Your very faitliful and obedient servant, 
 
 ' MULGRAVK. 
 
 ' P.S.— If you should go to Lisbon, it will be neces- 
 ' sary that you should go in a small sliip of war. 
 
 ' To Hear-Adnnral Tyler." 
 
 Of the two options in this offer Tyler chose that of 
 employment in tlie Lisbon Fleet, and in June of 1808 
 he sailed for tlie Tagus, where upon his arrival lie 
 hoisted his flag upon the liarficiir as second in com- 
 mand under Sir Isaac Coffin. 
 
 The circumstances which drew a British force to the 
 Tagus were a direct result of the peace with Spain 
 concluded in July of 1808. It is a matter of history 
 how that country resolved to throw off' the degrading 
 yoke of her late ally and declare war against France. 
 Tliat declaration found the French Admiral Rosily 
 lying ofif Cadiz with five sail of the line and two 
 frigates, and in a somewhat embarrassing position. 
 Outside the harbour Purvis cruised with ten Knglish 
 sail, and on shore the Spanish, rejecting the help of the 
 British Admiral, decided upon bombarding the French 
 into submission on their own account, which they 
 eventually succeeded in doing. This movement, 
 leading as it did to peace with Kngland, inspired a 
 similar spirit of resistance among the Portuguese, and 
 Cotton received deputations from all parts of the 
 country soliciting aid against the French, solicitations 
 which, as we know, resulted in the landing of a body of 
 troops under Sir Arthur \Vellesley, the victory of 
 
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 MEMOIRwS OF 
 
 Mmiera, and the opening of tluit long and glorious 
 struggle with France in the Peninsula. 
 
 Events in Spain liad hrought Collingwood out of 
 the Mediterranean, where he had spent the early part 
 of the year in a vain attempt to bring the French Fleet 
 under Admiral Ganteaume to action. A letter written 
 to liis friend Tyler, soon after the hitter's arrival in the 
 station, gives an interesting glance at contemporary 
 events as they presented themselves to a famous sea- 
 man. It also records the continuing friendship between 
 the two men. 
 
 ' Qi/iT/i, oft' Cadiz, 
 
 '.July IGth, 1808. 
 
 * My dear 4\yler, 
 
 ' I am \ery much obliged to you for your letter 
 ' and truly glad to find you at sea again, for I have 
 ' thought you long in coming. You have come to a 
 ' scene which will pi-obably soon be a very active one. 
 
 ' I hope the army that has come out have brought 
 ' plenty of arms for the Portuguese, for, poor wretches, 
 ' they are stripped of everything but their skins and 
 ' then told it is for their good. 
 
 ' 1 think the French will be driven out of Spain 
 ' and Portugal, but have no expectation of peace while 
 ' Buonaparte lives. He is a sort of evil spirit that sows 
 ' discord wherever he goes. I have no idea of more 
 ' malignity existing than in him, consequently he 
 
 * answers to my conception of the Devil. 
 
 ' I was sorry to hear of the death of Sir J. Carter. 
 ' He was a ^'ery worthy man and will be a great loss 
 ' to Portsmouth, for he had many years watched over 
 ' them there with parental care. 
 
 ' AX^hen I saw Morris last he was very well, ap- 
 ' parently, in liis Colossus off Toulon ; but since I left 
 ' him I have received a letter from hmi requesting to
 
 ADMIRAL TVLEU 
 
 ' i»o to Kiighind ; he lias n rupture, and it is ji coni- 
 ' plaint wliieli, 1 understand, requires an immediate 
 ' remedy. I am sorry for it that the Howers of the 
 ' Hock should drop off so. I hope he will soon recover. 
 
 ' I am well, thank God, considering all things, but 
 ' growing old, old and infirm. I have ne\'er been in a 
 ' port since you left me, and I do not suppose I ever 
 ' shall again. 1 am impatient for the P^rench army in 
 ' this province being fought with. T am told they are 
 ' most of them little ragged boys — poor things, they had 
 ' better l)e at school. 'I'he Spaniards at Saragossa ran 
 ' over them and killed them without mercy. The 
 ' Archbishop headed the army with his sword in the 
 ' right hand, while he bore a cross in the left. 
 
 • VV^e have an army here of fine troops. They were 
 ' intended to go to Xeres as a back to the Spaniards, 
 ' but from the difficulty of getting mules for the 
 * cannons and baggage, they have yet got no further 
 ' than where the boats carried them to, — Puerto St. 
 ' Maria. 1 wish sincerely you had them at Lisbon, 
 ' where Junot is to occupy them all. Whenever the 
 ' French are driven out of this province I shall go 
 ' again up the INIediterranean, unless the Toulon people 
 ' come down, which I think is very likely. 
 
 ' 1 shall be glad, whenever I have the opportunity, of 
 ' seeing you, for I am, with great regard, 
 ' My dear Sir. 
 ' Your most faithful and obedient servant, 
 
 ' COLLIXGWOOI). 
 
 ' P.S. — Mr. Bounce is much obliged to you for your 
 ' kind remembrances. He is a good dog and a faithful 
 ' friend to me. 
 
 ' P.S.^ — ^I do not think Seniavin will burn his ships, 
 ' unless to prevent the French having them. I have 
 ' every reason to believe the Russijuis have commenced 
 ' hostilities against France at tiiis moment.' 
 
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 While in the Tagiis, Tyler also received the follow- 
 ing letter from Lady Hamilton: 
 
 'Hill Street, liichmond, 
 
 • September 12th, 1808. 
 ' My dear Admiral, 
 
 ' Let me earnestly recommend to you Mr. Jackson, 
 ' Lieutenant on board your ship. Our dear lamented 
 ' Nelson always promised me promotion for young 
 ' .Jackson. His father, mother, and sisters are great 
 ' friends of mine. 
 
 ' Lord Mulgrave was so good as to make him 
 ' lieutenant for me, and he is desirous for your protec- 
 tion. I need not say to you, be kind to him, for I am 
 * convinced you will. 
 
 ' I am and ever shall be broken-hearted, but if you 
 ' ever come this way, pray call and see me that we may 
 ' speak of past times — happy times never more to be 
 ' recalled — but I beg you will believe me, 
 
 ' Your most obliired and affectionate friend, 
 
 ' E:m:\ia HAiMii/rox. 
 
 ' P.S. — If you could get my protege confirmed 
 ' Flag Lieutenant you will make me very happy.' 
 
 Admiral Tyler and his chief Admiral Sir C Cotton 
 were more particularly interested in the subject men- 
 tioned in the last paragraph of Collingwood's letter. 
 The treaty of Tilsit, concluded by Russia with 1^^ ranee 
 the previous year, had again ranged that country among 
 England's enemies, and as soon as the Baltic was closed 
 by the winter against the British Heets, the Emperor 
 Alexander issued a declaration which, reaching London 
 on December 3rd. 1807, provoked reprisals by this 
 country upon Russian ships, and was followed by naval 
 operations in the Baltic during the spring of 1808. 
 
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 ADMIKAI. TVLEU 
 
 xVmon^ tlic liussiaii stjiindroiis was one under Admiral 
 Sciiiaviii whicli early in the summer found itself in tiie 
 Tagus, and whose position, like that of the Freneh 
 Admiral at Cadi/, was compromised by the turn events 
 had taken in Spain and Portugal. Sir C. Cotton had 
 been watehing him for some months, and the battle of 
 \'imiera had infiueneed affairs on shore greatly to his 
 disadvantage. 
 
 In the result Seniax in made what nuist be considered 
 a <i'0()d bargain. Hy a convention concluded with 
 Cotton, on September 3rd, he undertook that 
 
 'the ships of war (nine of the line and a frigate) of the 
 ' Emperor of llussia now in the Tagus, shall be delivered 
 ' up to Admiral Sir C. Cotton innnediately with all their 
 ' stores as they now are, to be sent to England and there 
 ' held as a deposit by His IJritannie Majesty, to be returned 
 ' to His Imperial Majesty within six. months after the 
 ' conclusion of peace between His Hritannic Majesty 
 'and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the 
 ' Hussians.' 
 
 Cotton also undertook that the Hussian Admiral 
 and the entire complemeiit of his Heet, officers, sailors, 
 and marines, should return to Kussia without any con- 
 ditions as to their future service, and in Hritish ships and 
 at British expense. This Convention was approved by 
 the British (lovernment, but an agreement arrived at 
 subsequently by w^hich Cotton engaged that the Hussian 
 Fleet should continue flying the Russian flag in Enghsh 
 ports was repudiated, and v.as the cause of nuicli 
 animadversion at home. 
 
 It was Admiral Tyler\ duty to escort the Hussian 
 Fleet into Hritish waters, and he accordingly sailed from 
 the Tagus in the Barjicur with eight Hritish sail, and 
 
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 the Russian Fleet of nine line of battle ships on 
 September 11th. After meeting with bad weather 
 he made St. Helens on October 7th. Off this port 
 he received secret despatches from the Admiralty, 
 and by their orders immediately informed the Russian 
 Admiral that the British Government refused to re- 
 cognise the supplementary agreement concluded by 
 Sir Charles Cotton, ' a measure which the parties con- 
 ' tracting were not at liberty to negotiate and conclude 
 ' after tlie exchange of a perfect instrument.' ' There- 
 ' fore.' concluded Tyler. ' I request you will not hoist 
 ' your flag nor the colours of His Imperial Majesty 
 ' of Russia, and you will be pleased to give the same 
 ' direction to the captains under your connnand, and 
 ' that tiie ships under your late orders do not hoist the 
 ' flag or pennant after the sun sets this day.' 
 
 Tyler then anchored at Spithead with his fleet and 
 reported to the Admiralty that the Russian Admiral 
 had complied with his request. The following letter 
 from his late chief. Sir C. Cotton, completes our know- 
 ledge of this matter, and we find that Tyler struck his 
 flag on the Barjicur on Xo\ember 3rd of the same year. 
 
 ' H.M.S. Hibcrtua, 
 
 ' Tagus, 
 
 ,, , ,„ , 'October 12th, 1808. 
 
 * My dear Tyler, 
 
 ' Many thanks for your letters of the ;3rd which I 
 ' received' l)y Captain Derret on the 11th. I lament 
 'that your anxiety was prolonged for three weeks, and 
 ' that you had such bad weather. Nothing prevented 
 ' your being hove to the southward, but tlie judicious 
 ' plan you adopted of keeping on to the westward till 
 ' the wind enabled you to stand to the northward. All 
 ' tlie transports that stood back to the coast have been 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 'driven to leeward, niid have returned liere disabled, and 
 ' wliat witlitlie two garrisons of Klvas and Almeida, we 
 'shall have above three thousand men in security for our 
 ' sliips, if the French are disposed to stop the transports ; 
 ' one is gone down with 290 men. 
 
 ' We have had some gay doings with the natives 
 ' since you sailed. A ball given at the opera house on 
 ' Tuesday by the army excelled the one given by 
 ' Junot s officers, and I fear they will have an exorbitant 
 ' sum to pay for it. 
 
 • The Portuguese ships are not yet out, thougii the 
 ' Algerians have been in the Bay and on tlie coast this 
 ' month, I believe they will sail next week. The Danes 
 ' are in sucli condition that the expense of sending them 
 ' home, if we could do it, would not leave much to the 
 ' captors. The army, I am sorry to say, are very sickly ; 
 ' no wonder, with the ciu'sed spirit, and worse wine, 
 ' drunkenness, and the exposure to the sun in the day, 
 ' and to the damps in the night. They are marching to 
 ' Spain now with Sir John More, lea^ ing about 12,000 
 * men behind them, three or four of wliich are in the 
 ' hospitals. 
 
 ' About .50,000/. in specie the Frencii were made to 
 ' disgorge, ere the chief parted, some cotton and indigo 
 ' levied and sent home, but nothing of any conse- 
 ' quence. 
 
 ' You will have known long e'er this, of the refusal 
 ' of our (Tovernment to ratify the two additional 
 ' articles : the wisest measure they could adopt to get 
 ' rirl of them if they disapproved, though I doubt 
 ' wliether Seniavin would have o-one home so oood- 
 ' lunnouredly, if they had not been granted. None of 
 ' the officers I appointed to the Portuguese are con- 
 ' firmed. I did not expect it, but thought they nn'ght 
 ' do so with some of their own. The convention is a 
 ' perpetual fund of John Hulls abuse, the papers we 
 ' receive contain nothiuiJ- else. My masters have 
 
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 ' approved respecting the Russians, but I see none of 
 * the reasons I stated pubhshed ; ergo, 1 expect to l)e 
 ' spattered not a httle. 
 
 ' Lord Howe and Sir Arthur luive botli gone lionie 
 ' witii many others. I hope to be on the same road 
 ' sliortly. I have about thirty officers on my hst, 
 " petitioning for passage by tlie first man-of-war, also 
 ' ladies, etc. If I could see a packet, it would relieve 
 ' me from much military a])plicati()n. I live and sleep 
 ' on board : the Generals are all in palaces, but the dirt, 
 ' smells. Hies, and mosquitos, make me prefer my cot to 
 ' any of the tine apartments I might have in the city. 
 ' I slept one night in the sumptuous bed at Melus, 
 ' prepared for the Corsican himself by Junot. The 
 ' suite of apartments, tliougli Jiot (juite finished, are very 
 ' elegant, and fitted with a most refined taste, rather 
 ' voluptuous and gaudy, but " a hi mode de Paris.'' 
 
 ' I hope your family are all well witli you. Re- 
 ' member me to all friends, Admiral Montagu, Otway, 
 ' etc. ' Yours ever, 
 
 ' C. CoiTox.' 
 
 Admiral Tyler was now destined to spend nearly 
 four years in inactivity on shore, a period in which there 
 is little record of liim. Our oidy means of tracing- 
 details of his life between 1808 and 1812 consists of 
 letters he received from friends and a few t)thcrs which 
 he wrote to Mrs. Tyler when he was absent from home. 
 His life now was probably very pleasant, apart from 
 ({uestions of financial anxiety. The country was grate- 
 ful to the men who, with Nelson, had delivered P^.ngland 
 from the danger of the Corsican, and we find record of 
 nuich congratulation and entertainment which were 
 doubtless the expression of that feeling. Lord Camden, 
 who is mentioned in the following letter, was brother to 
 
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 ADMIRAL TVLKH 
 
 Adininil Tyler's uunt, Lady Dacrc, several of whose 
 letters we have already t^iveii. 
 
 ' Ibhotsoii's Hotel, 
 
 ' London. 
 ' November 8tlu 180S. 
 ' My beloved ^Lir^aret, 
 
 ' I went on Thursday to dinner at the Coninio- 
 dore's. James Allen and Lloyd dined there. AVe 
 passed a very pleasant day and Mr. L. uneonnnon 
 civil. 
 
 ' Friday 1 set out for \V ildernesse.and arrived 4 o eloek. 
 1 iOrd Camden w-as in London, he came to dinner at 
 six, bringing with him the Duke of Montrose, I was 
 very graciously received, and don't recollect passing 
 my time more pleasantly. Xothing could be kinder 
 than the Lord and Lady of the house. It is a most 
 beautiful place and most beautifully furnished. The 
 room I slept in had the portraits of Lord Dacre and 
 my grandmother. 
 
 ' I paid the Misses Hardinges a visit ; their house 
 is in fact in the Park. Miss Caroline and poor George 
 Hardinges eldest sister w^ere at home. They were 
 \'ery glad to see me, but felt sexerely for their loss. 
 
 ' I am informed the Judge has published his sketch 
 of George Hardinge's life in wdiich 1 make a con- 
 spicuous figure ; 1 will get it and bring it home, he 
 has even published my letters to him on the subject* 
 for which I am not w^ell pleased, as I never suspected 
 he would have done that w^ithout saying so to me, but 
 he is very odd. I must go on with my history. On 
 Saturday morning I had my chaise at tlie door, but as 
 prayers were ordered at breakfast, 1 thought it decent 
 and proper to wait and attend wdth the tutor and 
 clergyman. I^ord l?ayham read the service. All the 
 servants attended. 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 ' 1 took my leave with regret, I could not pass more 
 time so much to my satisfaction. 
 
 ♦The two elder girls. Lady Frances and Lady 
 Georgina, are elegant, the first is a pretty girl, the 
 younger Caroline, only 14, is as tall as either, and 
 ])romises to be very handsome. Their mother is a 
 cliarming woman, and an example to all mothers, be 
 they of what rank whatsoever. 
 
 ' I returned here at six, dined, and went to my 
 brothers. Yesterday, I attended the Admiralty, })ut 
 Lord Mulgrave could not see me till to-morrow. My 
 chief wishes are to know exactly about Charles. Hy 
 your letter of the 5th, I am glad to find he is with 
 you. 
 
 ' 1 met the Lennards in Bond Street ; she, the best- 
 natured creatin*e in the world, went to show me an 
 excellent shop beyond Temple Bar for silken goods, 
 where 1 have bought you some. On my way home. Sir 
 Thomas insisted on sending you a small mark of his 
 remembrance, and though I resisted, he has sent you a 
 pair of pretty ear-rings. I have made some purchases 
 for you 1 hope you will like. Mrs, T. has purchased 
 the gown, and as she offered it to me I could not 
 lefuse it. I dined yesterday with my friend Morris 
 and his wife, ^Ir. \ ernon and his, a \'ery pleasant, nice 
 party. I shall go in quest of 15augh. I have not yet 
 seen him. I was discharged on the 4th and have given 
 my valet directions to prepare to go to Portsmouth 
 and be discharged from my service. My tilings 
 will be taken great care of, as my secretary lives 
 at Fareham, and Turner will take charge of everything 
 unsold. I think it best to order the chest containing 
 linen, plate, etc. to be sent by the waggon as we may 
 want these things and it will prevent their spoiling. 1 
 will call on Dr. ^^'^eir, and as I am a tolerable judge of 
 your constitution, will state your case to him, follow 
 his advice as you think best. 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 ' I shall most sincerely rejoice to embrace you and 
 "" all my friends, no one can be more sensible of their 
 ' kindness than I am, or wish more anxiously to be 
 
 * among them. 
 
 ' 1 dined with Lord Teynham to-day, and I shall get 
 ' a frank for (Teorge. I forgot to tell you the Lennards 
 ' set out this morning for Ratii : he has shown such 
 
 * friendship for me, that 1 am angry with myself for not 
 ' having esteemed him, and I now think he cannot help 
 ' some traits in his character which I have so much 
 ' disliked. I long to be with you, and I have so much 
 ' to tell you that it will appear an age until 1 have the 
 ' comfort to hold you to my heart. I will do as yon 
 ' desire, but I grudge chaise hire here. It costs me five 
 ' guineas to go and return from Wildernesse. 
 
 ' Harry and his family are well. Kiss the dear 
 ' children with my affectionate love. God bless you 
 ' and them is the constant wish of 
 
 ' Your faithful and affectionate husband, 
 
 ' C. T.' 
 
 The following letter from Collingwood is of interest, 
 if only as showing how Buonaparte was regarded by an 
 English sailor. His reference, too, to the state of Spain 
 is an interesting reminder of the circumstances in which 
 ^^^ellington began his campaign in the Peninsula. 
 
 ' Qfiec'u, 
 
 ., , r,, , 'January 4th, 1809. 
 
 ' My dear lyler, -^ 
 
 ' I received your letter lately, recommending your 
 
 ' nephew to my attention. Whenever I have it in my 
 
 ' power to serve him, you may depend on it I will have 
 
 * much pleasure to doing it, but he wants a year of his 
 
 * necessary age. \Vhere do you think I shall be in that 
 ' time ? I am old and decrepid. It is impossible I can 
 ' stand this sort of life long. It is my patience that has 
 
 * until now supported me — ^that is almost worn out. 
 
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 ' I was sorry to find so much fuss made about the 
 ' Portuguese affairs, which makes a triumph for the 
 ' French in the eyes of Europe. The Russians tliat you 
 'conducted to Knghuid, 1 consider as dissolved; they 
 ' will never go to llussia, for their Emperor dare not 
 ' make peace with us. so completely is P^urope sul)- 
 * jugated by that fiend of France. 
 
 ' I am very much in the dumps. The Spaniards in 
 ' Catalona seem to have lost that enthusiasm which, in 
 ' the beginning of tlieir resistance, promised so well and 
 ' made so mucli noise, and it is not without a reasonable 
 'cause — tlie mass of people unorganized, untaught in 
 ' war, unarmed, whatever their good intention and zeal 
 ' may be, find themselves unsupported by a regular 
 ' force. 
 
 ' AVhat they call a regular force is almost witliout 
 ' officers, and the few of little experience. 
 
 • Tlien liow will tliis end { The fleet has suffered 
 ' much off Toulon, this ship particularly — all iier bolts, 
 ' which were of copper, broken, and the ship in a 
 ' lamentable state. 1 am now on my way to ^lalta to 
 ' try what can be done for her repair. I am worn, my 
 ' dear Sir. and wishful to return to England, but there 
 ' are objections made to it, which 1 am sorry for. You 
 ' know how little respite I have had from labour, and 
 ' how I labour. 
 
 ' I wish you health and every comfort, and am, 
 ' AVith great esteem, dear Sir, 
 
 ' Your faithful servant, 
 
 ' COLLIXGWOOI). 
 
 ' P.S. — How is the poor leg ^ I hope (juite re- 
 ' covered and well.' 
 
 From 1810 onwards we find the Admiral again 
 seeking active service. In May a letter from Mr. 
 Yorke at the Admiralty offers him the command at 
 Malta, ' where a Flag Officer is wanted,' which, how- 
 
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 ADMIUAi: TVJ.EU 
 
 ever, Tyler declined. I^ord Camden's interest had 
 evidently been enlisted in Admiral Tyler's behalf, for a 
 year later we find the following passage in a letter to 
 the Admiral : 
 
 ' Mr. Yorke assured me. when I spoke to him after 
 ' you had declined to go to Malta, that such declining 
 ' of service should not be detrimental to you, and yet 
 ' there is something in the expression of his note which 
 ' makes me tliink he was not pleased with it. You will 
 ' best be able to judge what steps to take. I will not 
 ' fail again to remind him on your subject.' 
 
 A year later still, viz., in August 1812, Lord 
 JMelville writes that ' Mce-Admiral Stopford having 
 signified his wish to give up the command of the Cape 
 of Good Hope, I beg to acquaint you that the same is 
 much at your service if you are disposed to accept it.' 
 Tyler did so forthwith, and the next few weeks were 
 rich in congratulations from old friends or commanders 
 like Lord Bridport and Lord St. Mncent, and of appli- 
 cations for the disposition of appointments under Tyler's 
 patronage. We may perhaps set out two of these as 
 typical of many others : 
 
 ' September 7th, 1812. 
 ' JMy dear Admiral. 
 
 ' Admiral Dommet having informed me that you 
 ' are appointed to command at the Cape in the room of 
 ' Stopford, I take my pen to congratulate you upon the 
 ' occasion, as I hope the appointment is in all respects 
 ' such as you wish. Admiral Dommet also gives me 
 ' the pleasure of knowing that you will take Captain 
 ' Eveleigh to be captain of the sliip that has your flag 
 ' in case he should return from Lisbon in time to have 
 ' that honour. I have long known Captain Eveleigh, as 
 ' he served under my flag in the Boijal George and with 
 ' other flag officers, and last with Admiral Holloway 
 
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 ' who made him a commander. I have always had a 
 ' liigh opinion of his character as an officer, and if he 
 ' shall liave the honour of attending you to the Cape I 
 ' am confident he will give you satisfaction in the exe- 
 ' cution of his duty. 
 
 • Allow me to offer my best wishes for your health 
 ' and success, and with real regard. 
 ' I am, my dear Admiral, 
 
 ' Your sincere and obedient servant, 
 
 ' Bridport. 
 
 ' P.S. — I suppose JNIrs. Tyler and your family will 
 ' accompany you to the Cape.' 
 
 ' ^lortimer Street, 
 
 '11th September, 1812. 
 ' My dear Admiral, 
 
 ' You will do me a great kindness by placing Mr. 
 • John Ruth, who will present you with this, in the 
 ' office of your Secretary and giving him a Purser's 
 ' warrant should he merit it, as I trust he will, for I am 
 ' very much interested in his advancement. 
 
 ' Heartily wishing you health and aggrandisement, 
 ' Believe me to be, 
 
 ' With great regard and esteem, 
 
 ' Yours most truly, 
 
 ' St. Vincent.' 
 
 From the official Admiral's Journnls we find that 
 Admiral Tyler hoisted his flag on the Semirainis at 
 Spithead, on October 2nd, 1812, and that his orders 
 were to take under his protection any trade for the 
 South Sea or Cape of Good Hope and proceed thither 
 at once. The Semiramis took the ground on the Kicker 
 Shoal soon after Tyler hoisted his flag, but she sailed on 
 October 12th, and, after putting in to Torbay on the 
 24th in consequence of a gale, seems to have made a 
 
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 prosperous voyage to Soutli ^Vfrica. She anchored in 
 Table Ray on January 2nd, 1813, where slie found the 
 President, flying Admiral Stopford's flag, the Lion, 
 and the A.strea. On January 4th, 1813, Tyler struck 
 his flag on tlie Seniirainis and lioisted it on the Lion, 
 thus taking over the command of tlie Cape Station 
 from Admiral Stopford. 
 
 Tyler's command at that station, which continued 
 for three years, was destined to be comparatively tran- 
 quil, when compared with the stirring times in which 
 the greater part of his active life had been passed. It 
 is true that we were still at war with France and half 
 Europe, and that the year 1812 had added the United 
 States to our enemies. Indeed, one of Tyler's first 
 orders to his commanders was to ' seize or destroy all 
 ships and vessels belonging to ' that nation. It is 
 true also that the naval exertions botii of France and 
 England were by no means relaxed after Trafalgar. 
 That victory had doubtless decided the mastery of the 
 sea for the time being, but it was only by the most un- 
 wearying vigilance on the part of tlie English Admirals 
 that such a supremacy was retained. It is also some- 
 times forgotten that two years after Trafalgar, Napoleon 
 had as many as eighty well-equipped ships of the line at 
 his disposal, and that tlie consolidation of his power along 
 the coasts of the Continent was adding constantly to his 
 naval resources. Thus Antwerp and the Dutch ports 
 were provided with sufficient establishments for the 
 launching and equipment of men-of-war which regularly 
 sent new vessels to take their place in tlie French line. 
 Ports, too, in the jNIediterraneaii, like Spezzia and Venice, 
 just as regularly extended his naval power eastward in 
 the Mediterranean. It seems clear, indeed, that after 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 Austerlitz had established his mihtary supremacy on 
 the Continent in 1806, Buonaparte contemphited a naval 
 descent upon Ireland, which should render possible the 
 military occupation of the island. 
 
 This survival of the naval strengtli of France, as we 
 say, involved unremitting energy upon the part of the 
 English Admiralty. In 1808, Great Britain had no less 
 than 113 ships of the line in commission, and thirteen 
 ready for sea, with an additional force of 673 frigates 
 and smaller fighting vessels. In that year Parliament 
 voted 130,000 seamen and marines for the service of 
 the fleet, a complement increased by 15,000 in 1812. 
 
 From the Texel to the Adriatic there was no 
 squadron of the enemy, and scarcely a single ship 
 which was not beset by some vigilant Admiral 
 commanding a fleet, some commodore with a 
 frigate and a couple of corvettes, or some energetic 
 young commander with a sloop and a cutter under his 
 orders, always ready to risk an action or to decoy the 
 enemy into the presence of a stronger force. England 
 as we know was engaged during these years in what 
 was really the final struggle with Buonaparte in the 
 Peninsula, and it was necessary at all hazards to keep 
 the seas clear of the French fleets in order that 
 Wellington and his troops in Spain might not go short 
 of food, ammunition, and reinforcements. So we find 
 that the naval history of the period between Trafalgar 
 and \Vaterloo resolves itself into little more than a 
 record of blockade on the part of the British, and of 
 vain attempts of one admiral or another to lure some 
 French force at Brest, or llochefort, or Toulon, far 
 enough away from its port to bring on a general action. 
 The French iVdmirals were sometimes forced to take 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 their ships a few leagues from land for the sake of 
 exercising their crews, when the blockading fleet would 
 swoop down upon them, exchange broadsides with a 
 few of the rearmost of the enemy ; if lucky they would 
 cut off a ship or two, but invariably drive the French- 
 men back under the shelter of their forts. 
 
 Sometimes stress of weather and tlie dangers of a 
 lee shore would force the blockading fleet to make a 
 wide offing, or even to retire to an English port to refit. 
 Then the Frencli Admiral would seize the opportunity 
 of slipping out of liis port with a squadron, which 
 would sail to the West Indies, or tlie Indian Ocean, 
 reinforce some French colony sorely beset by the British, 
 or prey upon conveys of rich Indiamen or merchant- 
 men trading with the Colonies. Upon the news reach- 
 ing the Admiralty, a squadron of British ships would be 
 despatched in pursuit, and the French force would be 
 almost invariably captured, destroyed, or dispersed. 
 Single frigates, too, would constantly steal out of French 
 harbours, evade the blockade, sail westward, and provide 
 antagonists for the single British frigates cruising in all 
 parts of the world. 
 
 Tyler's duties at the Cape Station were chiefly 
 those of watch and ward at a point which enabled him 
 to keep guard on the route between the Adriatic and 
 Indian Oceans. He himself, with the />/V>//, lay at 
 Table Bay or at Simon's Bay throughout his connnand. 
 If a French or American frigate or squadron was re- 
 ported as likely to be within the limits of his station, 
 he would detach a couple of his smaller vessels to try 
 and bring them to battle, and to pick up any French 
 or American merchantmen which were unlucky enough 
 to cross their course. The log of the Lion and Tyler's 
 
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 despatches are full of such incidents, and of little else. 
 There are entries of the almost constant changing of 
 the force under his command : a fleet of lumbering 
 Indiamen would want convoy to Europe, and one or 
 two of his frigates would be despatched upon that ser- 
 vice. Other frigates bound on similar duties eastward 
 would see their charges safe into Bombay or Colombo, 
 and sail to the Cape to bring up Tyler's force to its 
 normal Establishment. The islanders of Tristan 
 d'Acunha would want succoin% and a sloop Mould 
 leave Capetown on that errand, or a Frencli frigate 
 hovering about Mauritius would be driven off by a 
 similar vessel of Tyler's command. 
 
 There is little need, we think, to follow the 
 Admiral much further through the useful but un- 
 eventful records of his command at the Cape of Good 
 Hope. Some personal matters, however, seem of 
 sufficient interest to be mentioned. Thus, on April 
 8th, 1813, we find him writing to the Secretary of the 
 Admiralty, at that time the ingenious John ^^^ilson 
 Croker, informing him that Lieutenant George Tyler 
 had taken the oath on being promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant of the Lion, and Tyler thus had tlie happi- 
 ness to see his own son growing up into the efficient 
 sailor he became under his own eye. 
 
 In September of 1814 the Cul/odcfi arrived in Table 
 Bay and brought the following : 
 
 ' Admiralty Office, 
 
 ' 4th June, 1814. 
 
 ' Sir, — His Uoyal Highness the Prince llegent 
 ' having been pleased in the name and on the behalf 
 ' of His Majest}', to order a promotion of Flag Officers 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLP:I{ 
 
 • of His IMajesty s Fleet, and my l^ords Commissioners 
 ' of the Admiralty having in pursuance thereof signed 
 ' a commission appointing you Vice- Admiral of the 
 ' A\^hite Squadron, I ha\ e the honour to acquaint you 
 ' therewith, and am, 
 ' Sir, 
 ' Your most obedient humble servant, 
 
 ' J AS. Bakrow. 
 ' Admiral Tyler, Cape of Good Hope." 
 
 The peace of 1814 with France brought the thanks 
 of both Houses of Parliament to the Fleet, as well as 
 the congratulations and thanks of the Prince Regent, 
 for the conduct of tlie officers, seamen, and marines 
 during the eleven years of war which had followed the 
 Peace of Amiens. These honours the Admiral had the 
 satisfaction of communicating to his command. The 
 peace with America, which followed on December 
 •24th, was the occasion of an order from the Admiralty 
 that as soon as he had received notice of the ratification 
 of the Treaty, pending which hostilities with America 
 were to continue. Admiral Tyler, who had meanwhile 
 transferred his flag from the Lion to the 3/edziai/. was 
 to sail to England with his command, leaving orders 
 also for all his vessels absent on detached service to 
 follow at once. 
 
 Our peace with the States was not ratified until 
 March loth, and news of the ratification reached Tyler 
 a little before he received intelligence of the escape of 
 Napoleon from Elba and the renewal of hostilities with 
 France. This intelligence decided him to remain at 
 the Cape with his command upon his own motion and 
 responsibility, proceedings which were fully approved 
 later by the Admiralty. 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 A letter tVoin ^Ir. Croker of January 1815 brought 
 a well-deserv^ed honour for Admiral Tyler : 
 
 ' Admiralty Office, 
 , c,. ' .'3rd January, 181.5. 
 
 ' The Prince Regent acting in the name and 
 ' on the behalf of His Majesty having been graciously 
 ' pleased in consideration of your eminent services, to 
 'confer upon you the distinction of Knight Commander 
 ' of the jNlost Honourable Order of the Bath, 1 have the 
 ' connnands of my T^ords Conmiissioners of the 
 
 * Admiralty to acquaint you that you are to assume 
 ' the style and dignity of Knight Commander of the 
 ' said ()rder accordingly, in pursuance of the notifica- 
 
 • tion of the Royal Pleasure, as contained in the London 
 
 ' Gazette of this date. But you are not to wear the 
 
 ' insignia of the Order imtil you shall be authorised by 
 
 ' further and sufficient authority so to do, and when 
 
 ' you shall receive the insignia, you will return to me 
 
 'the naval medal herebefore conferred upon you, which 
 
 ' is to be considered as superseded by the decoration of 
 
 'the l^ath. , , o- 
 
 ' 1 am, Sn% 
 
 ' Yoin- most obedient humble servant, 
 
 'J. W. CUOKEII. 
 
 ' To \^ice-Admiral Sir Cliarles Tyler, K.C.B., 
 * Cape of Good Hope,' 
 
 The unnecessary provision as to tiie naval medal which 
 accompanied this distinction was evidently received 
 w^tli protest by Sir Charles Tyler, and no doubt 
 by otlier recipients who already possessed naval dis- 
 tinctions. There followed a correspondence from which 
 we learn that as a first concession the Connnissioners 
 were pleased to intimate to Sir Charles Tyler that 
 although the wearing of the 'J'rafalgar Medal was still 
 
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 fbr})idden, ' it may still be <yratifyin^ to you to preserve 
 in your family that honourable badge of your distin- 
 guished merit, and that therefore you will not be called 
 upon to return the said medal/ This concession failed 
 to pacify Admiral Tyler, who stuck to his point, and a 
 year later we find all conditions as to the wearing of tiie 
 medal with the insignia of the Rath withdrawn. 
 
 Sir Charles continued on the Cape Station until 
 after tlie battle of W^aterloo had at length gi\en final 
 pause to the restless ambition of Napoleon. An order 
 of August 28th instructed Sir Charles to return to 
 England with his command. Several matters delayed 
 his departure from the Cape, and it was not imtil 
 January 11th, 1810, that Tyler in pursuance of further 
 orders from home relin(}uished the command of the 
 Cape Station to Rear-Admiral Sir R. A. Cockburn at 
 St. Helena, who had brought out IVapoleon 15uonaparte 
 to that island. 
 
 The few days' stay which Tyler made in St. Helena 
 enabled him to give an interesting account of a visit he 
 made to Longwood shortly after the arrival of the 
 ex-Emperor at his future home of detention. The 
 following is recorded in one of his note-books. The 
 Admiral evidently wrote it on the day of his departure 
 as soon as his squadron had cleared the island, for it is 
 dated January I'itli, the day of his saihng. 
 
 • (Tcneral Ruonaparte's suite at I^ongwood in the Isle 
 'of St. Helena, 12th January, 181(5. 
 
 ' CTcneral Count Rcrtrand, ^Marshal of Ye Palace. 
 ' General Count Montolon, an able officer of horse. 
 
 * Count Las Cases, Secretary, and clever. 
 ' Genl. (lirgon, a great Russian. 
 
 ' A Youth, son of Las Cases. 
 
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 ' Captain Pislowski, a Pole, much attached to 
 Buonaparte in his exile, but I hear they, the French, 
 treat this man very ill. 
 
 ' Madam Bertrand jind three children Avif'e to the 
 INIarshal, a clever intriguing woman. 
 
 ' Madam Montolon, wife to General Count JNIontolon 
 in particular favour with Buonaparte, and of course the 
 ladies hate each other. 
 
 ' Where 15uonaparte is lodged is called the Ijong 
 AVood, there are a number of trees but of small growth, 
 thougli they appear a great age, they are a gum tiee, 
 tlie Island on its first discovery was covered with them, 
 but now there are few. 
 
 ' Long Wood was the house of the Lt.-Governor's, 
 the grounds are extensive, a fine view and a constant 
 cool breeze ; on the whole there cannot be a better 
 situation for Buonaparte so long as he behaves pro- 
 perly, but he is trying with all his strength to have 
 many of the necessary restraints now upon him taken 
 off, but Sir Geo. Cockburn knows Buonaparte too well 
 to be duped. 
 
 ' A guard is kept close to the house, and during the 
 night it is placed round it, so that no person could 
 come or go if a proper look out is kept. There are 
 bounds where sentinels are placed beyond which none 
 of the French are allowed to go unless they are with a 
 British officer, and then they can go wherever they 
 please. Buonaparte can have a good 9 miles gallop- 
 ing ground, and not be out of bounds, but that won't 
 satisfy iiim. 
 
 ' I left Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, the IDtli 
 December, 1815. Tamar and Harpij (with George) in 
 company, and arrived at St. Helena tlie evenhig of the 
 10th of January. Sir George Cockburn came on board 
 and wished me to go on shore, but I declined, and 
 waited on him after breakfast the next mornin"', 
 Thursday. He provided me with a horse, and re- 
 
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 'quested Sir Geo. Ringhiini. Colonel of the o8rd Regt., 
 
 • who came out with Sir Geo. Cockburn and the 53rd 
 
 • to ffuard Buonaparte, to call on me as well. 
 
 ' We went to Long A\^ood about o miles from 
 ' Jamestown the road good, but cut out of the sides 
 ' of the mountains in traverses. The greatest part ot 
 
 • the Island bears evident marks of \^olcano, the ravines 
 ' too are an immense depth, and their imposing appear- 
 ' ance is beyond any description without seeing it. 
 
 ' On ou*r arrival Marshal Bertrand informed us the 
 
 • Emperor had been ill all night and was unable to see any 
 ' person. It was evident this wasn't true, and it proved 
 ' so, for an hour after we had gone, he went into the 
 ' Field close to the house, and amused himselt by hold- 
 ' in^y the Plough, and sometimes by driving the horses. 
 ' He afterwards went riding. The reason of his not 
 ' appearing I believe was— Sir George Cockburn had 
 'a few days before been displeased at Buonapartes 
 'riding away from Captain Poplewell of the 53rd 
 ' Regiment, who has the peculiar charge of ridmg with 
 'him and keeping a strict look-out on Buonapartes 
 'conduct as well as on all the French. He, the 
 ' Captain, has apartments in Buonaparte's house, which 
 'annoys the General very much — I therefore be- 
 ' heve his not seeing me was to shew his anger against 
 
 ' Cockburn. 4. 4. i 
 
 ' Sir George Bingham shewed me the greatest and 
 ' certainly the prettiest part of tliis wonderful rock : the 
 ' S.VV. pkrt is the most beautiful, there are several lulls 
 ' with very fine verdure, and the scenery put me mucli 
 ' in mind of Brecknockshire. The Governor, C olonel 
 ' \Vilks, a very gentlemanly man, has his wife and 
 ' daughter with him, and has' been here for some years. 
 ' We went to pay our respects at his country house, 
 ' Plantation Farm; which is very pretty, the house quite 
 ' in the English style, and tlie grounds handsomely laid 
 ' (Hit with extensive plantations all in a very thriving 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 * state. Colonel Wilks will shortly leave St. Helena 
 " in consequenee of Sir Hudson Low's appointment as 
 
 * Governor. It's a great hardship as he is delighted 
 ' with the climate, while the Government and the 
 
 * people adore liim. How much he must hate the 
 
 * Devil Buonaparte ; the common people actually think 
 ' he is the D. 
 
 ' Plantation Farm has been the favourite place of 
 
 * several governors, and all have given their tribute to 
 
 * improve it. Mrs. AVilks is lady-looking (sic), and Miss 
 ' AVilks very pretty. 
 
 ' Early in the morning of the l'2th the Liverpool 
 
 * arrived, slie sailed from Simon's Bay, Monday the 1st 
 
 * January, but could not get out for the wind was S.E. 
 
 * I ordered her to be completed with water, and the 
 ^ squadron sailed the evening of the 12th for Ascension. 
 
 * We had remarkably fine weather, wind from S.S.E. to 
 
 * S.E. At 8 p.m. AVednesday the 17th January brought 
 ' to, off tlie ancliorage, Cross Hill S.S.E. (3ne and a 
 ' half miles from the shore. Bore up and made sail, 
 
 * steered X.N.W. a fine breeze. The Captain of the 
 ' VcsuvicDt sloop sent me two very large Turtles each 
 ' weighing 4 or 5 hundred pounds. Tlie season for taking 
 
 * them had just begun. Sir George Cockbm-n has taken 
 
 * possession of Ascension as it might be possible for 
 
 * Buonaparte to make his escape to that Island, where 
 ' a vessel might be ready to take him to America. A 
 
 * guard of Marines are on shore, and a sloop of war to 
 
 * be stationed there. As yet Fresh water sufficient for 
 
 * ,50 men is found, but it is doubted there will be any 
 ' in the heat of the summer. The water that runs in a 
 
 * small rill on the side of Green Hill is evidently from the 
 
 * clouds that gatlier on the top of the hill which is the 
 ' liighest in the island, but I fear the heat of the sun in 
 ' summer will dry it up. There are quantities of goats, 
 
 * turtle, fisli and sea birds, the latter so tame they will 
 
 * liardly get out of your way. I sent half a bullock to 
 
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 'the Captniii of the rcsuviau in return for the turtle 
 
 ' and fish. ^ . , ,. , . 
 
 'Crossed the P^quutor m '20 west witli a holit 
 ' breeze S.E. or E b. S. at a rate of 55 and a halt nnles 
 ' an hour/ 
 
 It happens that Las Cases, in his memoir of 
 Napoleon, mentions the visit of Admiral Tyler to St. 
 Helena, which we may collate with Sir Charles's own 
 account of it. The memoir says : 
 
 'January 11th, 1810. 
 
 ' As I was walking after breakfast about half-past 
 ' twelve before the gate, I saw a luimerous cavalcade 
 ' approaching preceded by the Colonel of the 5ord. It 
 ' was Admiral Tyler who had arrived the evenmg betore 
 ' with his squadron from the Cape and was to leaxe us 
 ' the next day but one for Europe. Among his 
 'Captains was his son who had lost his arm at the 
 ' battle of Tratalgar,^- where his father commanded the 
 
 ' Tonnant. ^ i • ,.^ 
 
 ' Admiral Tyler said he was come to pay his le- 
 
 ' spects to the Emperor, but he had just received tor 
 
 ' answer that he was unwell, at which the Admiral was 
 
 'much disappointed. I observed to him that the 
 
 ' chmate of Long Wood was very untavourable to 
 
 ' Napoleon. I chose an unlucky time for i^^ikji^g this 
 
 ' observation as the sky was beautitul, and displayed 
 
 ' at this moment all the illusion which it is capable ol 
 
 ' producing. The Admiral did not fail to remark that 
 
 'the situation was charming. I replied in a tone ot 
 
 ' genuine sorrow, "Yes, Admiral, to-day, and for you, 
 
 ' who only remain a quarter of an hour in it ; at tins 
 
 ' he seemed quite disconcerted, began to make excuses 
 
 ' and begged me to pardon him for having made use ot 
 
 * A uiistake for Quibcvou Bay. 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 * what he called an impertinent expression. T must 
 ' render justice to the peculiar urbanity of manner 
 " which he evinced on this occasion.' 
 
 The further voyage home of Sir Charles Tyler was 
 uneventful. He duly arrived at Spithead on February 
 *27th, 1816, and finally bade adieu to active service 
 when, on JNIarch 'ind following, he struck his flag in 
 the Mcchcay. 
 
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 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 L'ENVOIE. 
 
 Eari>y in the following year Sir Charles and Lady 
 Tyler, together witli the younger children, took up 
 their residence at Cottrell House, in the country of 
 Glamorgan. This charming place, which occupies an 
 elevated site overlooking the Vale of Glamorgan and 
 the Bristol Channel, came into the possession of the 
 Tylers under somewhat peculiar circumstances. It was 
 originally the property of the Gwynnet Family, who, 
 besides other lands in the county, owned the neighbour- 
 ing estate of Penllyn. 
 
 Tradition says that the last Mr. Gw^ynnet of Cottrell 
 and Penllyn Castle had once been a suitor for the 
 hand of Lady Tyler, and true to the memory of his 
 early affections had made a will leaving tlie Cottrell* 
 estate to her eldest son, George. The will in question 
 appears to have been bitterly resented by his sister, 
 iNIiss Emilia Gwynnet, who is stated to have suppressed 
 and burnt it ; thus, under a former will, securing the 
 inheritance for herself. It is further said that on her 
 deathbed, being overcome with grief for her treacherous 
 conduct, she again bequeathed the estate to George 
 Tyler, but first for his life to Thomas, second Earl of 
 Clarendon. The latter duly inherited the property, but 
 seems never to have lived there, though the spirit of 
 the remorseful lady is said to nightly w^ander through 
 
 * Cottrell is now the property of Mrs. Mackintosh of Mackintosh, 
 whose mother was the eldest daughter of Admiral Sir George Tyler, 
 M.P. It was purchased by her from Mr. George William Tyler, late 
 R.N., the present head of the family. 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 the lower corridors of Cottrell House, where, according 
 to the testimony of more than one witness, she can be 
 seen in the act of burning her brotlier's will. 
 
 Sir Charles Tyler purchased from Lord Clarendon 
 his life interest in the estate, and after T^ord Clarendon's 
 death, in 1824, lie continued to reside there as tenant of 
 his son, wlio, by Miss Gwynnet's will, had now become 
 the owner. 
 
 Hut little is recorded of the Admiral's life in what 
 was in those days a remote and peaceful country district, 
 though, doubtless, the rest and quiet incidental to such 
 a life, combined witli the interest attached to a oTowinty 
 family, must ha\'e come as a welcome sequence to the 
 strenuous years he had passed in the service of his 
 country. His daily occupations seem to have been those 
 of a country gentleman, w^hile from letters still extant 
 we hear of periodical visits from members of the family 
 and old naval friends with whom he kept up a regular 
 and affectionate correspondence. Sir Charles was 
 promoted Admiral of tlie AN^iite in May, 1825, and in 
 January, 1888, he was made Knight Grand Cross of the 
 order of the 15ath, an honour conferred upon him by 
 King ^Villiam IV., with whom, in his early days, he 
 had been an intimate friend and shipmate. The 
 following letter, written by the King when Duke of 
 Clarence, may be here quoted ; it refers evidently to 
 George Peter Tyler, the Admiral's brother, who was 
 tlien resident at JNIadras. The letter was written 
 in 1816. 
 
 ' Bushcji House, 
 
 ' Dear Charles, ' ^^°«*'* '^''^^"- 
 
 ' 1 would have acknowledged yours of the 13th inst. 
 ' sooner, but that I have been confined to my bed with 
 
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 ' a bilious fever and this is the first day I have been able 
 ' to hold a pen. I shall feel the greatest pleasure in 
 ' enclosing your letter to me and your Ijrothers case 
 ' to the Marquis of Hastings. I will write to India 
 ' to-morrow. I enclose tlie printed tlianks to Lord 
 ' Exmouth, and ever remain. 
 
 ' Your sincere friend, 
 
 ' William,' 
 
 Early in 1834, Sir Charles's health began to fail, and 
 he also appears to have suffered much inconvenience 
 from the injury to his leg caused by a frost-bite while 
 on the American station, and which now prevented him 
 from taking his accustomed exercise. In the following 
 year his troubles were further increased by the death 
 of his wife, and the loss of her whose sympathy and 
 devotion he liad experienced for nearly fifty years 
 affected him deeply. His healtli still continued to 
 decline, and on September 28th, 1835, he died at 
 Beaufort Buildings, near Gloucester, where he had gone 
 in searcli of medical advice, the immediate cause of 
 death being mortification of the injured limb. His loss 
 was sincerely regretted not only by his many personal 
 friends, but by the public generally, who were not slow 
 to recognise the active part he had taken in maintaining 
 the honour of the Hritisli Flag. The Cauibrian news- 
 paper, in an obituary notice, says : ' Sir Charles Tyler 
 was slight in person but exceeding good-looking, he 
 was a very lively man and a pleasant companion, 
 especially in the society of ladies. His manners were 
 courteous and had all the polish of the best society.' 
 
 The funeral took place at the Parish Chm'ch of St. 
 Nicholas, amidst every manifestation of sympathy and 
 respect. A tablet has since been erected there by 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 the members of the family and bears the following 
 inscription : — 
 
 ' To the memory of Sir Charles Tyler of Cottrell in 
 ' this parish Admiral of the White and Knight Grand 
 * Cross of the most honourable Order of the Bath who 
 'died the 'iSth day of September 1835 aged 75 years. 
 ' His life was devoted to the service of his country 
 ' during a period of the greatest difficulty and danger 
 ' and he bore a distinguished part in the ever memorable 
 ' Battle of Trafalgar in which he commanded the 
 ' Tonnant, 80 guns. He was honoured by the friend- 
 ' ship of the hero under whose auspices he then fought 
 ' and in whose glorious end it was nearly his fate to 
 ' participate. His whole professional career was marked 
 ' by many acts of valour and honourable service and 
 ' won for him those high distinctions which were con- 
 ' ferred upon him by his Sovereign with the general 
 ' approbation of his countrymen. 
 
 ' Also Margaret, Wife of the above, who died the 
 '21st July, 1835, age 76 years.' 
 
 R. I. P. 
 
 l'J4
 
 ADMIHA]. TVI.ER 
 
 APPENDIX I. 
 
 THE TRAFALCiAR ROLL 
 
 II. M.S. 'tonxaxt,' 80 (;rx.s. 
 
 Captain 
 I^ieutenants 
 
 Master 
 Master's Mates 
 
 Midshipmen 
 
 Surgeon 
 Assistant^ 
 Surgeon j 
 Purser 
 
 Charles Tyler. (1) ... ... Severely wounded. 
 
 John Bedford. (2) 
 
 Chaj'les Bennett. ('}) 
 
 Frederick Hoffhian. (4) ... ... Wounded. 
 
 Benjamin Clement. (5) 
 Hugh Briee White. (6) 
 William Smith Millett. (7) 
 Edward Sopcr. (8) 
 Edward Collins Polwhele. (9) 
 John Treeve. (10) 
 
 Henry Ready. (11) Wounded. 
 
 James Little. 
 
 James Prinn'ose Blennerhasset. (12) 
 
 Robson Cruse. (13) 
 
 Joseph Symes. (14) 
 
 James Oldrini. 
 
 J. M. H. Allen. 
 
 George Rose Sartorius. (15) 
 
 Richard Langdon. 
 
 William Brown ... ... ... Killed. 
 
 William Smith Stokes. {W) 
 
 John Marshall. 
 
 William Peregrine. 
 
 Thomas Bourne. 
 
 Forbes McBean Chevers. (17) 
 
 Robert Evans. (18) 
 
 George Booth. 19) 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 Clerk William Allen Wounded. 
 
 Gunner Richard Rose. 
 
 Boatswain Richard IJttle ... ... ... Wounded. 
 
 Carpentei' John Chapman. 
 
 Captani j ^^^^^^^^ Hitchins Ball. (^0) 
 
 Roval Marnies) 
 
 2nd Lieuts., ) James Cottell. (21) 
 Royal Marines) William Magin. (22) 
 
 (1) Admiral Sir C. Tvler, G.C.B. 
 
 (2) Captain J. Bedford was promoted Lieut., 1T94. 1st Lieut. 
 of the Toiinatit at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805, and took 
 command of the ship and continued to tiy;ht her when Ca])tain 
 Tyler was severely wounded and taken below — promoted 
 Connnander. Captain, 1818. Died in 1815. 
 
 (-5) Caj)tain C. Bennett was ])romoted Lieut., 1797. Lieut, in 
 the Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805. He took 
 possession of the French 74-, Algis'irafi^ but with his party was 
 subsetjuently overpowered by the French crew who took the ship 
 to Cadiz, where he was liberated. Connnander, 1810. Retired 
 Captain, 1840. Died in 1842. 
 
 (4) Captain F. Hoffman became Mid. in 179-3. Served as Mid. 
 on the Blonde at the reduction of the French West India Islands in 
 1794. Mid. in the Hannilxil at the capture of the French frigate 
 La Gentilh; 1795. Lieut., 1799. .'3rd Lieut, of the 'J'on/tant at 
 Trafalgar, the 21st Octobei", 1805 — wounded. Connnander, 1808. 
 In the Apt'/tcs; sloop, was run ashore off" Boulogne, and taken 
 l)risoner, in 1812. Retired Captain, 1840. Died in 1849. 
 
 (5) Captain B. Clement, a son of Thomas Clement, solicitor, 
 of Alton, Hants, entered the service in 1794. Served as Mid. of 
 Prince in Lord Bridjjort's action with the French off L'Orient, the 
 23rd June, 1795. INlid. in the Monarch in the battle of 
 Camperdown, the 11th October, 1797 — three times wounded; at 
 Captuie of Texel Scpiadron, 1799 ; and the passage of the Sound, 
 1800-01. As Mid. commanded a flat-bottomed boat at the 
 battle of Copenhagen, the 2nd April, 1801. Lieut., 1801. 4th 
 Lieut, of the Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805. In 
 trying to take possession of the Spanish 74-gun shij) San Juan, 
 
 i9(;
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 his l)()at, (laina<i;u(l by sliot, swainpcd, and he narrowly escaped 
 drowning-. Commander, 18(K). ('a[)tain, ISII. Died at Cliewton, 
 Hants, in 1836'. 
 
 (6) Lieut. H. B. Wliite entered the service in 1794. In the 
 Jdson he assisted at the capture of French 40-gun frigate /.a Seine^ 
 1798. Wrecked in Ja.s'oii, 1798, and kept prisoner till the 
 following year. Served in the Ponipa- in Samnarez"' action with 
 the French and Spanish S(|uadrons in the (iut of Gibraltar, the 
 li2th July, 1801. Lieut., 1802. Lieut, in the Tonnant at 
 Ti-afalgar, the 21st October, 1805. Iiispecting-Conunander 
 Coastguard, Gahvay, 1827-47. Medal and 2 clasps. Died in 
 (ialway, Ireland, 1847. 
 
 (7) Lieut. W. S. Millett was promoted Lieut., 1802. Lieut, 
 in the Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805. Not in 
 Navy List after 1814. 
 
 (8) Mr. E. Soper was appointed Master, R.N., 1799. Master of 
 the 7'o/<«a//^ at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805. Not in Navy 
 List after 1806. 
 
 (9) Lieut. E. C. Tolwhele was son of the Rev. Richard 
 Polwhele, J.P., of Polwhele, Cornwall, and Vicar of Newlyn, and 
 Loveday, daughter »)f Samuel Warren, of Truro. Born 1786. 
 Served as Master's Mate in the Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 
 21st October, 1805. Lieut., 1807. Died at Gosport, Hants, in 
 1810. 
 
 (10) Connnander J. Treeve was born in Penryn, Cornwall, in 
 1785, and entered the service in 1801. He served as a Volunteer 
 1st class in .S'^. George in the battle of Copenhagen, the 2nd April, 
 1801. Mid., 1802. Master's Mate in the Tonnant at Trafalgar, 
 the 21st October, 1805. Lieut., 1809 Served in the York at the 
 capture of Martini(|ue, February, 1809 ; and in the expedition to 
 AValcheren. Lieut, in the Magnificent, and served on shore, 
 co-operating with patriots on the north coast of Spain, 1812. 
 Connnanded the Rover in unsuccessful attack on Baltimore 1814. 
 Retired Connnander, 1848. (Greenwich Hospital Pension, 1851. 
 Medal and .'} clasps. Died in 1855. 
 
 (11) Lieut. H. Ready was born in Su.ssex in 1784. Served as 
 Master's Mate in the Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805 
 — wounded. Lieut., 1807. When 2nd Lieut, of the Gurrnre, 'J8, 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 was killed in action on her capture, after a gallant fight, hy the 
 U.S. 44-guii frigate Constitution, off" Nova Scotia, 19th August, 
 1812. 
 
 (12) Connnander J. P. Blennerhasset was born in Hampshire, 
 in 1785. Entered service, 1800. Served in the Pomone at the 
 capture of the Carrihr, 10 guns, and the frigates Succh and 
 Bftivourc, 1801. Mid. in the Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 21st 
 Octol)er, 1805. Lieut., 1807. 1st Lieut, of the Bedford at 
 blockade of Flushing, 1809. Retired Conunander, 1844. Green- 
 wich Hospital Pension, 185-J. Medal and clasp. Died in 
 1867-68. 
 
 (13) Lieut. K. Cruse served as Mid. in the Tonnant at 
 Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805. Lieut., 1810. Died in Speen- 
 haniland, Berks, in 1831. 
 
 (14) Rear- Admiral J. Svmes was born in Somersetshire, in 1785, 
 and entered the service in 1801. Served as Mid. in the Tonnant 
 at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805. AVrecked in the Mekager 
 near Port Royal, 1808. Lieut, in the Bonne CHofjennc at capt^re 
 of the French frigate Furieiise, the 6th July, 1809 — mentioned in 
 despatches ; promoted Connnander, 1810. In the Thracian, sloop, 
 at destruction of a French privateer, 1811. Captain, 1812. 
 Retired Rear-Admii-al, 1846. Medal and 2 clasps. Died at 
 Crewkerne, Somersetshire, in 1856. 
 
 (15) Admiral of the Fleet Sir G. R. Sartorius, Kt., G.C.B., was 
 the eldest son of Colonel John Coni'ad Sartorius, East India 
 Company Service, by Annabella, daughter of George Rose. Born 
 at Bath, in 1790, he entered the service in 1801. Mid. of the 
 Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805. Mid. in the 
 Daphne in operations in the Rio de la Plata, 1806. I>ieut., 1808. 
 Lieut, in the Succe.s-.s- at the reduction of Ischia and Procida, 
 defence of Sicily, the destruction of vessels at Castiglione, and 
 capture of a ship and three barks, 1810, and defence of Cadi/. 
 Connnander, 1812. Captain, 1814. Captain of the Slaneij, 
 which was in company with the BelleropJton when Napoleon 
 surrendered on board her, 1815. Commanded the Portuguese 
 Regency Fleet against Don Miguel, 18rJl-J3'3, and foi* hi>s services 
 received the Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword, Grand Cross of 
 St. liento DWvis, and the title of \'isconite de Piedale. He was 
 
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 ADMIRAI. TYLER 
 
 restored to the British Naw in 1836. Knighted, 1841. Captain 
 of the Malabar in the Mediterranean, 1841-44!, and reeeived the 
 thanks of the United States Government for his efforts to save the 
 U.S. frigate Missouri, wliich was })urnt in Gibraltar Bay in 1842. 
 Was one of the first to suggest to the Government the ancient 
 idea of rannning an enemy's ship. A.D.C. to Queen, 1846-49. 
 Rear- A(hniral, 1849. Viee-Admiral, 1856. Admiral,1861. K.C.B. 
 1869. Admiral of the Fleet, 1869. G.C.B., 1880. Died at East 
 Grove, L3'mington, Hants, 1885. Had three sons in the Arnij', 
 two of whom, Major-General Reginald W. Sartorius, C.M.G.,and 
 Major-General Fuston H. Sartorius, earned the Victoria Cross. 
 
 (16) IJeut. W. S. Stokes served as Mid. in the Tonnant 
 at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805. Lieut. 1811. Served on 
 shore in Spain, 1812. Died in St. Leonard's, Bridgenorth, in 
 1826. 
 
 fl7) ]Mr. F. McB. Chevers, Surgeon, R.X., served as Assistant 
 Surgeon of the Phaeton at capture of the French frigate Promptc, 
 and in Lord Howe's victory of the 1st June, 1794. Surgeon, 1795. 
 Sm-geou of Hijdra in the action with the French frigate Confiante, 
 1798; of Ta mar fit ca[)ture of French frigate KcpuhUcamc, 1799; 
 and of Robust at the cutting out of Chevrette, the 1st July, 
 1801. Served in the Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 
 1805. In the Lnplacahh' at the capture of the Russian 74-gun 
 ship ServoIocU the 26th August, 1808. Died in Upper Stamford 
 Street, London, in 1847. 
 
 (18) Surgeon R. Evans, M.D., served as Assistant Surgeon 
 in the Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 1805. Surge6n, 
 1807. Retired, 1838. Died in 1846. 
 
 (19) Mr. G. Booth was ap{)ointed Paymaster and Purser, R.N., 
 1795. Purser of the Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 
 1805. Died in 1839. 
 
 (20) Lieut.-Colonel A. H. Ball, R.M., joined the Corps as 2nd 
 Lieut., 1793. 1st Lieut., 1795. Captain-Lieut., 1803. Captain, 
 1803. Senior marine officer in the Tonnant at Trafalgar, 1805 ; 
 and assisted in taking })ossession of the French 74, Algi'siras. 
 Brevet-Major, 1814. Major, 1826. Lieut.-Colonel, 1828. Died 
 in 1829. 
 
 (21) Captain J. Cottell became 2nd Lieut., 1798. 1st Lieut., 
 
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 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 1804. Served in the Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 21st October, 
 
 1805. Present at capture of St. Paul, Isle de Bourbon, 1809; 
 and at the capture of Isle de la Passe, Isle of France, and Isle de 
 Bourbon, 1810. Planted the Colours on the latter island — 
 wounded. Captain, 1814. Retired, half-pay, 1835. Died at 
 Bedniinster, Somerset, in 1842. 
 
 (22) Lieut. W. Magin, R.M., entered the corps as 2nd Lieut., 
 1803. 1st Lieut., 1805. Served in the Tonnant at Trafalgar, the 
 21st October, 1805. Retired, half-pay, 1810. 
 
 APPENDIX 11. 
 
 DETAIL OF AMMUNITION 
 EXPENDED ON BOARD H.M.S. TONNANT, 
 
 in the action ()f the 91st October, 1805, xcith the eomhined jleetn 
 off' Cape Trafalgar. 
 
 Paper Cartridges, 32 pr. 
 
 Flannel do. 
 
 Paper Cartridges, 18 pr. 
 
 Flannel do. 
 
 Musketry 
 
 Total roinids 
 
 1665 
 840 
 
 1488 
 340 
 
 3330 
 
 7663 
 
 L'OO
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 APPENDIX in. 
 
 (iRANT OF ARMS TO 
 VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES TYLER, K.C.R., in 181 «. 
 
 To All 11 ml S'lu^nlar 
 
 To WHOM THESE PuKsEXTs shall conic Sir Lsdiir Hand knight 
 Garter Principal King' of Arms and George Harrison Es(|. 
 Clarexceux King of Anns of the South East and West Parts 
 of Eno-land from the River Trent Southwards send Gi-eeting 
 Whereas Sir C/iar/e.i Tyler Knight Connnander of the Most 
 Honourable Military Order of the Rath Vice Admiral of the 
 White Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, Son of Peter Tyler 
 Esquire late a Captain in His Majesty's 52"ci Regiment of Foot 
 deceased hath represented unto Henry Thoman Hoicard-Molynenx 
 Esquire Deputy with the Royal Approbation to liis Rrother the 
 Most Noble Bernard- lukcard Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal and 
 Hereditary Marshal of England that on an Examination of the 
 Records of the College of Arms he finds that the Armorial 
 Ensigns borne by him haye not been duly registered to his Fanuly 
 He therefore requested the favour of the said Deputy to the Earl 
 Marshal to issue his Warrant for our granting and assigning such 
 Armorial Ensigns as may be i)roper to be borne by him and his 
 Descendants and by the other Descendants of his said late Father 
 according to the Laws of Arms 
 
 Axn Forasmuch as the said Deputy to the Earl Marshal did 
 by Warrant under his hand and seal ])earing date the thirtieth 
 day of March last authorize and direct us to grant and assign such 
 Armorial Ensigns accordingly 
 
 Know Ve Therefore that we the said Garter and Clarexceux 
 in pursuance of the consent of the said Deputy to the Marshal 
 and by Virtue of the Letters Patent of our several Offices to each 
 of us respectively granted do by these Presents grant and assign 
 
 •201
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 unto the said Sir Chn-les Tyler the Anns foHowinfr that is to say 
 SahU OH a Fcs-s xaavjj Or hetxccm three Tijgers pasmnt g'uardant 
 Erminois A Cross patee of the field befzceen tzco Creseents gules in 
 the eentre chief point pendent from a Ribband a representation of 
 the Gold Medal presented to the said Vice Admiral then Captain 
 Tyler by command of His Majesty for his services at the memorable 
 Battle of Trafalgar (in which he connnanded the Tonnant) proper 
 and underneath the icord Trafalgar in letters of gold And for the 
 crest on a AVreath of the colours A Tyger salient guardant proper 
 Navally eroxcned Or in the Dexter pine a Flag Staff thertfrom 
 lowing the French tricoloured Jfag depressed and reversed as the 
 same are in the Margin hereof more plainly depicted to be borne 
 and used for ever hereafter by him the said Sir Charles Tyler and 
 his descendants and the said Arms without the Medal together 
 with the crest without the tricoloured Flag to be borne by the 
 other Descendants of his said late Father Peter Tyler with due and 
 proper differences according to the Laws of Arms. I\ WrrNKss 
 whereof We the said Gauteii and Clakkxceux Kings of Arms 
 have to these Presents subscribed our Names and affixed the Seals 
 of our several Offices this third day of April in the Fifty sixth 
 year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Gk,ok(;e the third by the 
 "•race of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
 Kixc; Defender of the Faith &c. and in the year of our LoiU) one 
 thonsand eight hnndred and sixteen. 
 
 Isaac Hkahd Garter Gk()I!(;k HAiutisox Clarenceu.r 
 
 Principal King of A n/is. King of A rms. 
 
 GRANT OF ARMS TO 
 ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES TYLER is LSJiii. 
 
 To AH (i)i(I Shi^ii'uldi^ 
 
 To wnoM TUKsK Pkeskxis shall come Sir Ralph Bigland knight 
 
 Gakteu Principal King of Arms sendeth Greeting. 
 
 Wheukas His Majesty in consideration of the great Merit 
 
 Prudence Virtue (ienerosity Valoui- and Loyalty of Sir Charles 
 
 Tyler Admiral of the White Scjuadron of His MA.rEsrv's Fleet and 
 
 202
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 Knii^ht ('oniiiiaiulor of the Most Hoiiom-ablo Military Okdkk of* 
 the Bath has been oracioiisly pleased to constitute and appoint 
 him to be a Kxi(;ht (iuAXi) C'uoss of the said Most Ilonourabk' 
 ^liHtarv Okdkk. 
 
 Axi) Whfkkas by a Statute of the said Okmkk it is decreed 
 that the Kniifhts Companions foi- their greater Distinction and 
 Honour shall upon all occasions bear and use Supporters to their 
 Ai-ms AND that Gartkk Principal King- of Arms for the time beini;- 
 shall grant Supporters to such Companions as mav not be entitled 
 thereto by Virtue of their Peerage ano His late Majestv King 
 (teouge the Third having being graciously pleased to ordain that 
 the Knights Grand Crosses shall hold and enjoy all and Singulai- the 
 Rights Privileges Innnunities and Advantages which the Knights 
 Companions of the said Okhkk had theivtofore held and enjoyed 
 by Virtue of the Statutes thereof 
 
 Know Vk Thekkkouk that I the said Gaktek in obedience to 
 the said Decree and Ordinance and pursuant to a Warrant of the 
 Most Noble Bcrnard-Kihcard Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal and 
 Hereditary Marshal of England one of His Majesty's Mosjb 
 Honourable Privy Council have granted and do b\ these Presents 
 grant and assign unto the said Sir Cli<irh'-s Tijlcr Kxight Grand 
 Ckoss of the said Most Honourable Militaiy OiiDEK of the Baiii 
 the supporters following that is to say on either side A Ti/^rr 
 giairchini proper N((vaUij crincucd (uid gorged Kutlt a Wreath of 
 Laurel Or pendeiit therefrom bij a Kibhaad Argent Jiud>riated Azure 
 A representation of tlie Gold Medal presented to the said Admiral 
 »S7/' Charh'M Tijler by Command of His late INIajesty King Geor(;e 
 the Third in testimony of His Majesty's Hoval Approbation of 
 his distinguished Services at the memorable Battle of Trafalgar 
 Tlie deaier support'iiig a Flag of the Fourth 'inseribed idth the 
 xcord '' A/ger:'ira.s^ in /etter.s- of gohl and the .sinister also .supporting 
 a Flag Azure inscribed zcith zcord '' Ildefon.so^ in gold letters as the 
 same are in the margin hereof more plainly depicted to be borne 
 and used by him the said Sir Charles Tijler according to the tenour 
 of the aforesaid Statute and Ordinance. In WrrxEss whereof I 
 the said Garter Princi})al King of Arms have to these Presents 
 subscribed my Name and atlixed the Seal of my Office this eighth 
 day of June in the Third yeai- of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord 
 
 208
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 William thk Foihth bv the giat-u of God of the United Kingdom 
 of Great Britain and Ireland KiNc; Defender of the Faith &c. and 
 ill the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
 three. 
 
 APPENDIX IV. 
 
 Among other urticlcfi of interest prcHcrvcd hij the ftnmlij 
 may be noticed : — 
 
 (1) A GOLD SNUFF-BOX, with a miniature of the 
 Emperor Na})oleon set in brilliants and presented to Sir Charles 
 Tyler by King William IV. 
 
 (2) A CRYSTAL containing a lock of Lord Nelson's hair 
 presented to him by Ennna, Lady Hamilton. 
 
 (3) The SEA CHEST nsed by Sir Charles Tyler throughout 
 his Naval Service, and the UNIFORM Avorn by him at the 
 Battle of Trafalgar. 
 
 204
 
 ADMIUAL TVLEK 
 
 appp:xdix V. 
 
 MUSTER ROLL OF II. M.S. ^TONNAVIV 
 
 We wliose names and marks are liereunto subscribed, bein^' the 
 Captain, Officers, and Company of His Majesty's Ship Tonnant^ 
 under the command of the late Rt. Hon. Lord Nelson at the 
 battle off Cape Tratal«^ar on the i^lst October, 180.5, do acknow- 
 ledge to have received by ourselves or our legal Representatives 
 through the hands of Messrs. Christopher Cooke and James 
 Halford, for and on account of the Rt. Hon. Lord Howick, fJohn 
 Earl Spencer, and Lord Henry Petty, Trustees for the Distribution 
 of 300,000/. voted bv Parliament, the several sums expressed 
 against our Names, being the amount of our Portions of the 
 said Grant 
 
 And we do herebv discharge oiu- said Trustees as well as the 
 said Messrs. ('ooke and Halford from any further demand on 
 account thereof. 
 
 Note.— The letter 'G' wliicli is noted ag-aiiist some of the names appears on 
 the original list in red ink, and would seem to indicate that the individual thus 
 marked had been discharged from the shij), though for what reason is not quite 
 clear. The letters ' D. D.' and 'li.' indicate 'Discharged Dead' and 'Run' 
 (or Deserted) respectively, and it may be noticed in some cases the letter 'G' 
 also appears in addition. 
 
 FIRST CLASS. 
 
 No. 
 
 Nitmi'ii. 
 
 (Jiudl/i/. 
 
 r 
 
 inn. 
 
 (1. 
 
 
 lUth. 
 
 747 
 
 Chas. Tyler. Esq. 
 
 Captii. ... 
 
 2S,S<) 
 
 1 
 
 (i . 
 
 .. ,>Aug.(lS;()6 
 
 
 
 SECOND 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 
 
 
 IS 
 
 Benjn. C'leuient... 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 161 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 .. 16 
 
 Sep. 06 
 
 Kiil 
 
 Chas. Bennett ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 161 
 
 
 
 (I . 
 
 
 
 170 
 
 Wni. J. Millett... 
 
 ,, 
 
 161 
 
 
 
 (1 . 
 
 
 
 (MU 
 
 H. B. White ... 
 
 , . 
 
 161 
 
 
 
 ., 
 
 
 
 771 
 
 Edw. Soper 
 
 Mastr. ... 
 
 161 
 
 
 
 .. 
 
 
 
 778 
 
 John Bedford ... 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 161 
 
 
 
 (t . 
 
 
 
 11 T^ 
 
 .John Sahiiou (2; . 
 
 ,, 
 
 161 
 
 
 
 6 .. 
 
 
 
 7S<) 
 
 Fredk. Hoffman . 
 
 ,, 
 
 161 
 
 (1 
 
 (I ., 
 
 
 
 121 
 
 Arthur Ball 
 
 Captn. IMar. 
 
 161 
 
 1) 
 
 1) .. 
 
 . 16 
 
 Aug. 0(5 
 
 205
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 THIRD CLASS. 
 
 No. 
 
 Namts. 
 
 Qiuilifji. 
 
 Sinn. 
 
 Ihtti' 
 
 
 
 
 X' 
 
 .•.-. 
 
 ,1. 
 
 
 
 .'« 
 
 Kflw. P(il\vhele . 
 
 . Mrs. Mte. 
 
 108 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 7 .Jan. 
 
 07 
 
 r>2 
 
 John Treev«^ 
 
 ., 
 
 108 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 8 ,Jan. 
 
 07 
 
 50 
 
 Heny. Rnady 
 
 ,, 
 
 108 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 .. 27 .Jun. 
 
 07 
 
 649 
 
 Richd. Little . 
 
 ,, 
 
 108 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 .. 10 Sep. 
 
 06 
 
 fi54 
 
 John Chapman . 
 
 . ( 'arpi', . . . 
 
 108 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 . 12 Jan. 
 
 07 
 
 665 
 
 Gfio. Booth ... 
 
 . Purser ... 
 
 108 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 .. 10 Sep. 
 
 06 
 
 668 
 
 F. M. Chevcis . 
 
 . Surgn. ... 
 
 108 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 741 
 
 Richd. Ro.se 
 
 . Gunr. 
 
 108 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 790 
 
 James Little 
 
 . Mis. Mte. 
 
 108 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 .. 24 Feb. 
 
 06 
 
 128 
 
 Jas. Cottle ... . 
 
 . IX. Mar. 
 
 108 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 .. 10 Sep. 
 
 06 
 
 124 
 
 AVni. Ma gin 
 
 . 
 
 108 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 .. 12 Aug. 
 
 06 
 
 
 
 FOURTH 
 
 CLASS 
 
 
 
 
 274 
 
 Arnistiong, .Jas. 
 
 . Bos. Mte. 
 
 2() 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 .. 3 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 523 
 
 Anderson, Jas. . 
 
 . Yeo. Sheets 
 
 26 
 
 (5 
 
 
 
 
 
 529 
 
 Allen, Win. (1) . 
 
 . Clerk ... 
 
 2(> 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 .. 31 Dec. 
 
 00 
 
 670 
 
 Allen, .J. M. H. . 
 
 . Mid. 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 .. 31 Oct. 
 
 06 
 
 30 
 
 Blennerhasset, .J 
 
 P. ., 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 .. 10 Sep. 
 
 06 
 
 47 
 
 Biii't, Jaspei' 
 
 . Qr. Mr. ... 
 
 26 
 
 (5 
 
 
 
 .. 3 Mar. 
 
 07 
 
 191 
 
 Brown, .Jno. (1). 
 
 . Qr. Mr. Mte 
 
 26 
 
 (5 
 
 
 
 .. 3 ¥eh. 
 
 07 
 
 314 
 
 Burn, .Tno. .. 
 
 . Crs. Mte. 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 7 Jan. 
 
 07 
 
 779 
 
 Brown. Win. 
 
 . :vrid. 
 
 2(5 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 7 Mar. 
 
 07 
 
 «13 
 
 Bourne, Thos. . 
 
 ,, 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 .. 20 Jan. 
 
 07 
 
 7 
 
 Burlace, Richd.. 
 
 . Seigt. Mai'. 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 51 
 
 Crews, .John 
 
 . Qr. Mr. Mte 
 
 26 
 
 (5 
 
 
 
 .. 29 Jan. 
 
 07 
 
 555 
 
 Cruse, Robson . 
 
 . 3Iid. 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 5 Jan, 
 
 07 
 
 637 
 
 Carney, Fras. . 
 
 . Yeo. Sheets 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 199 
 
 Delany, .Tosh. . 
 
 . Bos. Mte. 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 • • 
 
 
 308 
 
 Diamond, Richd 
 
 Corpl. ... 
 
 2(5 
 
 (5 
 
 
 
 .. 29 Jan. 
 
 07 
 
 6fi4 
 
 Davis, Alexr. 
 
 . Mr. at Arms 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 .. 25 Oct. 
 
 06 
 
 651 
 
 Evans, Robt. 
 
 . Asst. Surgn 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 .. 10 Sep. 
 
 06 
 
 81 
 
 Fletcher, .Josh. . 
 
 . Qr. Mr. ... 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 301 
 
 Flogart, Jno. 
 
 . Grs. Mte. 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 236 
 
 Keen, Davd. 
 
 . Y.I^.Room 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 • • 
 
 
 436 
 
 Kelly, AVm. 
 
 ,, 
 
 2(5 
 
 (5 
 
 
 
 .. 26 Nov. 
 
 06 
 
 774 
 
 Langdon, Richd 
 
 Mid. 
 
 26 
 
 (5 
 
 
 
 7 .Jan. 
 
 07 
 
 5 
 
 Lennell, .Jno. 
 
 . Sgt. Mar. 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 
 267 
 
 McKay, .John . 
 
 . Qr. Mr. ... 
 
 2(5 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 .. 26 Aug. 
 
 06 
 
 268 
 
 Myers, John 
 
 ,, 
 
 26 
 
 (5 
 
 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 793 
 
 Marshall, .Ino. . 
 
 . Mid. 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 7 Oct. 
 
 06 
 
 269 
 
 Nichols, .Jno. 
 
 . Qi". Mr. Mte 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 .. 6 Oct. 
 
 00 
 
 
 
 206 
 
 
 
 
 
 D.D. 
 
 D.D. 
 
 D.D,
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 No. 
 
 Xdiiw.y. 
 
 QlUllitll. 
 
 Sinn. 
 
 halt 
 
 512 
 
 Oliver, Thos 
 
 Qr. Mr. Mte. 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 
 
 07 — 
 
 65f; 
 
 Oldiine, Jas 
 
 Mid. 
 
 20 
 
 6 
 
 
 .. 24 Jan. 
 
 07 — 
 
 fil 
 
 Peeis, Saml 
 
 Qr. Mr. ... 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 .. 30 Sep. 
 
 06 — 
 
 492 
 
 Phillips. Wm. 
 
 
 26 
 
 
 
 
 .. 17 Mar. 
 
 07 — 
 
 748 
 
 Phelps, Thos. 
 
 Coxn. 
 
 20 
 
 (5 
 
 
 .. 
 
 — 
 
 795 
 
 Peregine, Wm. E... 
 
 Mid. 
 
 26 
 
 (5 
 
 
 .. 20 Aug. 
 
 00 — 
 
 435 
 
 Roskelly, Robt 
 
 (irs. Mte. 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 .. 12 Sep. 
 
 00 — 
 
 585 
 
 Synies, Josh 
 
 Mid. 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 .. 13 Apr. 
 
 07 — 
 
 60:^, 
 
 Strong. John 
 
 Qr. Mr. ... 
 
 26 
 
 
 
 
 .. 13 Aug. 
 
 00 — 
 
 682 
 
 Spiltenibcf, Jas. .. 
 
 Bos. Mte. 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 
 
 07 — 
 
 72(5 
 
 Saitoiions, Geo. R 
 
 Mid. 
 
 26 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 792 
 
 Stokes, Wm. S. .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 26 
 
 
 
 
 .. 15 Jan. 
 
 07 — 
 
 244 
 
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 44 Coates, Jno 
 
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 91 Cotter, Thos 
 
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 71 Davis, Jno. (1) 
 
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 132 
 
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 72 
 
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 95 
 
 Fisher, John 
 
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 375 
 
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 07 
 
 112 
 
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 55 
 
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 07 
 
 336 
 
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 56 
 
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 . A.B. 
 
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 79 Gift, Geo 
 
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 D.D. 
 
 98 Geary, Patk 
 
 L.M. 
 
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 43 Gudge. Saml 
 
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 85 Gready, Benjn. 
 
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 101 Green, John 
 
 Drumr. . 
 
 .. 4 12 6 . 
 
 .. 26 Jan. 07 
 
 
 
 42 Hawkins. .Tohn 
 
 Armr. 
 
 .. 4 12 6 . 
 
 .. 3 Oct. 06 
 
 
 
 99 Harnett, Michl. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 4 12 6 . 
 
 .. 30 Sep. 06 
 
 — 
 
 130 Harris, Richd. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 . 4 12 6 . 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 07 
 
 
 
 .52 Heron, Alexr. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 . 4 12 6 . 
 
 
 — 
 
 56 Halbert, Wm. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 4 12 6 . 
 
 , , 
 
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 203 Hosking, Edwd. ... 
 
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 16 Hodwin, Jno. 
 
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 . 4 12 6 .. 
 
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 48 Hawke, Saml. 
 
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 — 
 
 85 Hopkins, Wm. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 4 12 6 .. 
 
 
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 319 Holland, John 
 
 L.M. 
 
 . 4 12 6 .. 
 
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 — 
 
 24 Holt, John 
 
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 . 4 12 6 .. 
 
 . 15 .Tuly 07 
 
 — 
 
 35 Hennessey. Michl. . 
 
 Ord. 
 
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 . 2 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 43 Harlow, John 
 
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 . 4 12 6 .. 
 
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 63 Hntchinson. Saml. . 
 
 ,. 
 
 . 4 12 6 .. 
 
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 93 Howeroft, Hermn. . 
 
 A.B. 
 
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 400 Hulse. Thos 
 
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 11 Holland, Danl. ... 
 
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 45 Hughes, Danl. 
 
 ., 
 
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 64 Hughes, David ... 
 
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 4 12 6 .. 
 
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 73 Holden, .Tas 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 6 ... 
 
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 88 Harvey, John 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 6 ... 
 
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 517 Hutson, .Tno 
 
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 4 12 6 ... 
 
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 59 Houx, .Tacob 
 
 A.B. ... 
 
 4 12 6 ... 
 
 — 
 
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 602 Hill. .Tas 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 6 ... 
 
 2 Feb. 07 
 
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 5 Hudson, Thos. 
 
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 .. 2 Feb. 07 
 
 
 
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 Hairington, Michl. 
 
 Qr. Gr. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 () 
 
 — 
 
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 78 
 
 Hiani, Sauil 
 
 L.M. 
 
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 L.M. 
 
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 A.B. 
 
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 L.M. 
 
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 55 
 
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 55 
 
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 Boy 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
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 i> 
 
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 Mar. 
 
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 .. 2 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 28 
 
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 .. 4 12 
 
 (i 
 
 .. 10 Jan. 07 
 
 — 
 
 28 
 
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 ,, 
 
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 55 
 
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 80 
 
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 ,, 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 09 
 
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 ,, 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 t; 
 
 55 
 
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 71 
 
 Holder, Robt. 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 55 
 
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 90 
 
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 ,, 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
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 104 
 
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 9 
 
 Hughes. John 
 
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 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
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 87 
 
 Hendon, Thos. 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 .. 
 
 — 
 
 138 
 
 Johns, Richd. (1) .. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 40 
 
 James, Wni 
 
 Old. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 o8 
 
 Johnson, Robt. (1). 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 (3 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 79 
 
 Jackson, Richd. . . 
 
 L.M. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 (5 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 297 
 
 Jaggers, Thos. 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 .. 
 
 — 
 
 98 
 
 Johnston, Win. .. 
 
 Old. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 (5 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 815 
 
 Johns, C'hristr. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 (> 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 820 
 
 Jones, Davd 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 (j 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 72 
 
 Jones, Chas 
 
 Old. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 5, 
 
 — 
 
 420 
 
 Ingrewell, John .. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 () 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 48 
 
 Johns, Richd. (2) .. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 49 
 
 Johnstone, Jno. .. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 84 
 
 J<nies, Richd 
 
 L.M. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 (i 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 671 
 
 Jackson, Josh. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 () 
 
 5. 
 
 — 
 
 85 
 
 .James, Josh 
 
 Old. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 .. 5 Aug. 00 
 
 — 
 
 702 
 
 James, .Jno 
 
 L.M. 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 
 
 .. 2 FeV). 07 
 
 — 
 
 9 
 
 James, Thos 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 4 12 
 
 (> 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 •213
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 No. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Qnii/ifi/. 
 
 X' 
 
 '>inii 
 
 ,/ 
 
 
 Date 
 
 
 
 51 
 
 Johns, Chas 
 
 . L.M. . 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 f r . 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 
 
 55 
 
 Jeffrys, Benjn. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 19 
 
 Judge, Wm 
 
 . :\Iar. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 22 
 
 Jones, Geo 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 G 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 45 
 
 Jones, Jas 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 Aug. 
 
 06 
 
 — 
 
 66 
 
 Jones, Josh 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — . 
 
 231 
 
 Knight, Jno 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 — 
 
 
 G. 
 
 50 
 
 Kelly, Andrew 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 59 
 
 Kay, Jeiii 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 (5 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 457 
 
 Kelly, Jas 
 
 L.M. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 87 
 
 Kilnian, Wni. 
 
 . A.B. . 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 — 
 
 
 G. 
 
 513 
 
 Kirkham, Jas. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 57 
 
 Knowles, Jno. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 .. 14 Nov. 
 
 06 
 
 D.D 
 
 640 
 
 Kelly, Timy 
 
 .. Ord. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 — 
 
 
 G. 
 
 754 
 
 Kempson, Chas. . 
 
 . L.M. . 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 60 
 
 Knight, AVni. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 () 
 
 .. 30 
 
 Sep. 
 
 0(5 
 
 D.D 
 
 82 
 
 King, Geo 
 
 . Mar. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 .. 16 
 
 .Tan. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 94 
 
 Kendrick, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 37 
 
 Ley, Wm 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 .. 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 77 
 
 Loton, Jas 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 .. 10 
 
 Sep. 
 
 06 
 
 D.D 
 
 174 
 
 Leary, Josh 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 329 
 
 Langhlin, Michl. . 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 .. 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 33 
 
 Leary, Corns. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 55 
 
 Leith, Jas 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 97 
 
 Ledepard, John . 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 98 
 
 Leverett, Wni. 
 
 .. Crs. Cw. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 444 
 
 Lity, Thos 
 
 . L.M. . 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 80 
 
 Leach, Saml 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 97 
 
 Lake, Ambrose 
 
 .. Qr. Gr. . 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 544 
 
 Loader, Jas 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 .. 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 46 
 
 Loader, Thos. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 61 
 
 Leafe, Martin 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 601 
 
 Layhel, John... 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 31 
 
 Love, Samuel 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 34 
 
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 . Qr. Gr. . 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 39 
 
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 .. 4 
 
 12 
 
 (5 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 42 
 
 Leysenburgh, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 88 
 
 Letz, Chas 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 704 
 
 Liversedge. Saml. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 28 
 
 Lowes, "Wm 
 
 . Crs. Cw. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 .. 12 
 
 Sep. 
 
 06 
 
 — 
 
 64 
 
 Loring, Benj 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 .. 16 
 
 Sep. 
 
 06 
 
 — ■ 
 
 69 
 
 Lowi y, .John ... 
 
 ,, . 
 
 . 4 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 77 
 
 Large, .Jas 
 
 Trumpr. 
 
 21 
 
 . 4 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 (> 
 
 .. 27 
 
 FeJ). 
 
 07 
 
 —
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 No. 
 
 NiimeK. 
 
 <ji((ilUjf. 
 
 Stim. 
 
 
 Date. 
 
 
 
 
 
 £ ,1. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 
 Hi 
 
 Long, Win 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 16 
 
 Lemon, John 
 
 Boy 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 50 
 
 Lillow, Wm 
 
 Corpl. Mar 
 
 . 4 12 
 
 6 
 
 ... 24 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 D.D. 
 
 68 
 
 Linzee, Job 
 
 Mar. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 
 
 ... 6 
 
 Dec. 08 
 
 D.D. 
 
 136 
 
 Latham, Richd. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 62 
 
 Mealy, John 
 
 Qr. Gr. ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 , 
 
 ... 24 
 
 Apr. 07 
 
 — 
 
 91 
 
 Money, Thos 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 , 
 
 2 
 
 Fel). 07 
 
 — 
 
 101 
 
 McCarthy, Danl. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 , 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 11 
 
 Mark, Wm 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 , 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 14 
 
 McGuire, Michl. (1) 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ., 
 
 — 
 
 115 
 
 Martin, Jno 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 17 
 
 Matthews, Fras. ... 
 
 , , ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 5 
 
 Aug. 06 
 
 — 
 
 21 
 
 Miu'phy, Timy. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 35 
 
 Mortimer, Roger ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 53 
 
 McFarlane, Wm. ... 
 
 Qr. Gr. ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 — 
 
 57 
 
 McLaughlin, Jno.... 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
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 208 
 
 McKellar, Jno. 
 
 1 » • • • 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 9 
 
 MeCormick, Neil ... 
 
 ^^ 
 
 4 12 
 
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 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 11 
 
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 Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 ■ — 
 
 12 
 
 Malligan, Jno, 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 26 Mar. 07 
 
 — 
 
 13 
 
 McFeal, Jno 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 42 
 
 Moore, Danl 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 47 
 
 Matthew, Jacob ... 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 91 
 
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 Crs. Cw. . 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 312 
 
 May, Richd 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — . 
 
 17 
 
 McCarthy, Chas. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 32 
 
 McGrath, Edwd. ... 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 347 
 
 McLeran, Davd. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 ■ — . 
 
 51 
 
 McGinlay, Malclm. 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 52 
 
 McKenzie, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 16 
 
 Aug. 07 
 
 — 
 
 60 
 
 McNeil, Archd. ... 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 61 
 
 McNeil, Jas 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 67 
 
 Mantle, Christr. ... 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 15 
 
 July 07 
 
 — 
 
 82 
 
 Mingis, Wm 
 
 Cooper . . . 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 ., 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 9r 
 
 Merlin, Jno 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 409 
 
 McKennon, Jas. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 53 
 
 Morris, Edwd. 
 
 Crs. Cw. . 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 62 
 
 Moore, Jno. (2) 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — . 
 
 76 
 
 McCai'thy, Adam... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 78 
 
 Martin, Jas 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 
 , , 
 
 — 
 
 500 
 
 Mara, Martin 
 
 Qr. Gr. ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 .5 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 1 
 
 McLaughlin, Jas 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 3 
 
 McCulley, Saml. ... 
 
 
 4 12 
 
 .. 
 
 
 »» 
 
 — 
 
 •215
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 20 McKinsey, Sanil. 
 524 Mills, Robt. ... 
 
 27 Miller. Peter ... 
 
 58 31aohan, Edwd. 
 
 689 McFarlane, Bond. 
 
 94 Meager, Heny. 
 
 95 McCarthy, Justin 
 710 May, Jolin ... 
 
 11 McMullen. Malcm 
 
 15 McGilvery. Alexi 
 
 87 3IcLane. Win. 
 40 ^McNaniara, Chas 
 61 MuUoney, Miclil. 
 66 MoiTis, Lewis... 
 70 McTeague, Patk. 
 
 SOO 3Ioriison, Heny. 
 
 2 Moore, AVni. ... 
 
 22 McGuire, Richd. 
 
 19 Moore, .John ... 
 
 16 Moles, Josh. ... 
 
 17 Morgan, Jas. ... 
 •M Milward, Thos. 
 m May, Richd. ... 
 
 134 31itchell. Wni. 
 
 :S89 Nascn, Andrew 
 
 509 Norgate, Benjn. 
 
 88 Naden, Geo. ... 
 
 66 Nelson, .Tno. ... 
 683 Nicholson. Alexr. 
 7.58 Nelson, J as. ... 
 
 42 Nottingham, Jno. 
 
 67 Nicholis, Jas.... 
 142 Oakey, John ... 
 448 O'Brien, Lawce. 
 
 21 Osborne. Henry 
 70 Pentreath, Richd 
 
 110 Poor, Wni. ... 
 
 82 Page, Geo. 
 
 90 Pasey, Geo. ... 
 
 2 IS Porter, Wni.... 
 
 57 Palk, Jno. 
 
 305 Paul, Win. ... 
 
 9 Pascoe, Jas. ... 
 
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 L.M. 
 
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 12 
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 2 Feb. 07 
 
 10 Jan. 07 
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 2 Feb. 07 — 
 
 27 Jan. 07 — 
 2 Feb. 07 — 
 
 8 Apr. OS 
 7 Jan. 07 
 2 Feb. 07 
 
 5 Aug. 00 
 2 Feb. 07 
 
 14 Oct. 00
 
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 77 Price, Thos 
 
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 455 Pullen, Edw 
 
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 72 Plyer, DanI 
 
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 77 Price, Aaron 
 
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 ... 4 12 .. 
 
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 511 Parker, .Ino. (2) ... 
 
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 18 Paul, Thos 
 
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 85 Palmer, Wm. 
 
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 47 I'earce, Wni 
 
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 9(5 Pole, J no 
 
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 717 Piatt, Richd 
 
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 ... 4 12 (i .. 
 
 
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 809 Pepper, Josh. 
 
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 20 Parry, Howd. L. ... 
 
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 Mar. 
 
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 48 Portengale, Jno. ... 
 
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 90 Reece, Thos 
 
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 108 Reynolds, Jno. 
 
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 9 Roberts, Ralph ... 
 
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 18 Rowney, David ... 
 
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 ... 4 12 G . 
 
 
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 10 Reed, Jno. (1) 
 
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 24 Richards, Richd. ... 
 
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 80 Redding, Jno. 
 
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 205 Richards, AVni. ... 
 
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 24 Ruddock, Thos. ... 
 
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 ... 4 12 G . 
 
 
 
 88 Reed, Geo. (1) 
 
 A.B. 
 
 ... 4 12 G . 
 
 
 
 869 Reed, Jno. (2) 
 
 , , 
 
 ... 4 12 G . 
 
 
 ( 
 
 80 Roberts, Hugh ... 
 
 . SI. Mrs. 
 
 Mte. 4 12 G . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 8(5 Ross, John 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 ... 4 12 G , 
 
 5 
 
 Aug. OG 
 
 4(J5 Reece, Jno 
 
 ,, 
 
 ... 4 12 G . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 21 Riley, Michl 
 
 ,, 
 
 ... 4 12 G , 
 
 
 
 80 Robinson, Win. .. 
 
 
 ... 4 12 G , 
 
 
 
 87 Rodden, John 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 ... 4 12 G 
 
 
 
 54 Ryan, Jas 
 
 . pid. 
 
 ... 4 12 G 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 G. 
 
 217
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 Ko. 
 
 Aiaines. 
 
 Qnalitif. 
 
 Sinn. 
 
 IM 
 
 e. 
 
 
 79 
 
 Robinson, Benj. . 
 
 .. A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 
 
 ... 2 Feb 
 
 . 07 
 
 
 583 
 
 Russell, Jno. (2) . 
 
 .. Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 
 661 
 
 Rotner, Paul ... . , 
 
 .. L.M. ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 
 
 ... «, 
 
 
 — 
 
 66 
 
 Rees, Mansel ... ., 
 
 .. Prs. Stewd. 
 
 , 4 12 
 
 6 
 
 ... ,, 
 
 
 
 67 
 
 Ray, John 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 , 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 
 72 
 
 Richards, Jno. 
 
 ,. A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 
 
 ... 30 Sep. 
 
 , (J6 
 
 — 
 
 700 
 
 Rogers, Jas 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 , 
 
 ... 2 Feb, 
 
 , 07 
 
 — 
 
 82 
 
 Ronan, Win 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 ... 20 Juii, 
 
 . 06 
 
 — 
 
 807 
 
 Ryan, Thos 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 , 
 
 ... 2 Feb. 
 
 , 07 
 
 
 27 
 
 Riley, Jas 
 
 . Boy 
 
 4 12 
 
 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 
 55 
 
 Robinson, Wm. .. 
 
 . Mar. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 — 
 
 
 G. 
 
 69 
 
 Seconibe, Mark 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 , 
 
 — 
 
 
 G. 
 
 li 
 
 Sidgmond, Robt. .. 
 
 , , 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 
 75 
 
 Sobey, Thos 
 
 . Qr. Gr. ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 6 Jan. 
 
 07 
 
 
 79 
 
 Stan lake, Wni. .. 
 
 . Cook 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 30 Sep. 
 
 06 
 
 — 
 
 92 
 
 Shipp, Wm 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 
 G. 
 
 97 
 
 Smith, Wni. (2) .. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 125 
 
 Stabb, Geo 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 51 
 
 Schollar, John 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 92 
 
 Salmon, Jno. (1) .. 
 
 . Crs. Cw.... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 201 
 
 Sheppard, Wni. .. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 19 
 
 Sly the, Heny. 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 28 
 
 Strickland, Chas... 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 40 
 
 Shouler, Edw. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 -- 
 
 
 G. 
 
 249 
 
 Squires, Jas 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 58 
 
 Stephens, Jas. (2).. 
 
 . Rope Mr. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 62 
 
 Sullivan, Danl. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 8 Jan. 
 
 08 
 
 — 
 
 89 
 
 Straffon, Fras. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 303 
 
 Saundry, Heny. .. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 17 Apr. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 4 
 
 Slockett, Jno. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 2 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 38 
 
 Sullivan, .Jno. 
 
 , Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 45 
 
 Sterridge, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 46 
 
 Saunders, Stepn. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, . 
 
 
 — 
 
 48 
 
 Sinclair, Archd. ... 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 91 
 
 
 
 
 54 
 
 Swan, Jas 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 »? 
 
 
 
 
 401 
 
 Saville, Benjii. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 ., 
 
 «9 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 Simpson, Josh. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 6 
 
 Spence, Richd. 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 26 May 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 19 
 
 Scott, Jno. (1) 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 2 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 
 
 96 
 
 Stock well, Wm. ... 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 520 
 
 Stickney, John 
 
 ?» ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 525 
 
 Scales, Richd. 
 
 ^ * 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 
 
 
 
 26 
 
 Smith, Wm. (8j ... 
 
 SI. Mrs. Cr. 
 
 218 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 
 
 
 —
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 N^o. jVanifs. Quality. Sum. Dati- 
 
 
 
 
 £ 
 
 .V. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 
 
 2S 
 
 Spencer, Win. 
 
 Qr. Gr. ... 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 88 
 
 Spencer, Edwd. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 5 
 
 Aug. 
 
 06 
 
 — 
 
 87 
 
 Smith, Heny. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 
 
 Dec. 
 
 07 
 
 D.D. 
 
 41 
 
 Snierdon, Robt. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 48 
 
 Sinclair, J no 
 
 SI. Mrs. Cw. 
 
 , 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 13 
 
 Aug. 
 
 0(5 
 
 D.D. 
 
 97 
 
 Stephens, Fredk. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 641 
 
 Swyngedaw, Peter 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 5 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 76 
 
 SnUivan, Jei'h. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 81 
 
 Stewart, Jas 
 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 84 
 
 Sloane, Archd. 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 — 
 
 
 D.D., G 
 
 706 
 
 Skinner, Wni. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 33 
 
 Spooner, Edwd. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 53 
 
 Sinclair, Thos. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 — 
 
 
 G. 
 
 81 
 
 Stanley, Jas 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 14 Aug. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 97 
 
 Scanlan, Jno. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 80.") 
 
 Sanders, Michl. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 6 
 
 Skain, Owen 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 (5 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 10 
 
 Short, Ciias 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 , , 
 
 
 — 
 
 23 
 
 Share, Alexr. 
 
 Boy 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 5 
 
 Slade, John 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 9 
 
 Smith, Jas 
 
 Mar. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 27 
 
 Skinner, Jas 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 18 
 
 Oct. 
 
 06 
 
 D.D. 
 
 40 
 
 Sandford, Jas, 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 70 
 
 Stephens, Aaron ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 92 
 
 Skrone, Thos. 
 
 ,, ... 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 16 
 
 Jan. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 93 
 
 Shaddick, Edwd 
 
 Corpl. ... 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 27 
 
 Jan. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 139 
 
 Skinner, John 
 
 Mar. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 68 
 
 Thomas, Thos. (1)... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 84 
 
 Tison, Josh 
 
 Qr. Gr. ... 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 102 
 
 Tobin, Richd. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 122 
 
 Toomey, Corns. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 26 
 
 Trovit, Wni 
 
 , , ... 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 6 Mar. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 37 
 
 Tressider, .John ... 
 
 ,. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 24 
 
 Apr. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 202 
 
 Towser, Thos. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 ¥eh. 
 
 07 
 
 — 
 
 306 
 
 Thomas, David ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 27 
 
 Thomas, Jno. (1) ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 416 
 
 Trimlett, Geo. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 91 
 
 Tertuish, Jno., alias 
 .John Veerhault... 
 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 504 
 
 Taylor, Wm. (1) ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 89 
 
 Thomas, Jno. (2) ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 — 
 
 628 
 
 Taylor, Thos 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 44 
 
 Tilfonback, Jno. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 ,. 
 
 
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 211)
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 No. Names. 
 
 ''12 Train, .Ino 
 
 SO Tatr, Jno 
 
 ;-?2 Thompson, AVm. ... 
 
 36 Talhnan, Saml. ... 
 39 Thomas, Stephn. ... 
 
 765 Tucker, Jno 
 
 83 Thomas, Jno. (3) ... 
 
 28 Talbot, Wm 
 
 35 Thomas, Thos. (2)... 
 
 37 Trapscott, John ... 
 
 53 Vennhig, Nichs. ... 
 536 Vials, Wm 
 
 60 Velle, Chas 
 
 67 Videmore, Fredk. 
 
 655 Vosper, Josh. 
 
 31 Vincent, Edwd. ... 
 
 422 Usher, Fras 
 
 135 Underhill, Geo. ... 
 
 54 Walling, Geo. 
 76 Williams, Jas. 
 
 108 Wotton, John 
 
 32 Welsh, Wm 
 
 .59 Wilniott, Richd. ... 
 
 (il Wilson, Geo 
 
 63 Wilson, Jas. (1) ... 
 75 Weldon, John 
 
 207 White. Wm 
 
 20 Wilkinson, Thos. ... 
 
 33 Wehhey, Wm. ... 
 72 Williams. Jno. (3) . 
 75 Watts, Matw. (1)... 
 
 302 Wells, Peter 
 
 11 Walker, Thos. ... 
 
 337 Welsh, Thos 
 
 64 Wark, John 
 
 81 Woodward, Josh. . 
 
 85 Whitman, .lohn ... 
 
 414 White, .John (1) ... 
 
 25 Walker, John 
 
 47 Williams, Thos. (2) 
 
 75 Witley, .John 
 
 85 Weston, .Tno. 
 
 98 White, Jno. (2) ... 
 
 Qiudl/i/. 
 
 Sum 
 £ .S-. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 hale. 
 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 Crs. Cw.... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 — 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 — 
 
 Old. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
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 — 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 , , ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
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 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 — 
 
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 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
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 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 — 
 
 Mar. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 4 12 
 
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 D.D. 
 
 Grs. Cvv.... 
 
 4 12 
 
 (5 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 () . 
 
 
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 — 
 
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 4 12 
 
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 ,, ... 
 
 4 12 
 
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 .. 14 
 
 Aug. 06 
 
 — 
 
 Boy 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 31 Mar. 07 
 
 — 
 
 3rinnr. Mar. 
 
 4 12 
 
 (5 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 (> . 
 
 
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 — 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 
 — 
 
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 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 — 
 
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 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 19 ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 (5 . 
 
 
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 — 
 
 15 ... 
 
 4 42 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 — 
 
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 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 21 Nov. 06 
 
 — 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 5 
 
 Aug. 0(i 
 
 — 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 () . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 , , ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 G. 
 
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 4 12 
 
 6. . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 1 ? ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 4 12 
 
 () . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 Qr. Gr. ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 () . 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 4 12 
 
 
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 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 L.M. 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 — 
 
 A.B. 
 
 4 12 
 
 (5 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 L.:\L 
 
 4 12 
 
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 .. 15 
 
 July 07 
 
 — 
 
 ,, ... 
 
 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
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 4 12 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 4 12 
 
 (5 . 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 07 
 
 — 
 
 220
 
 ADISIIRAL TVLEK 
 
 i .V. d. 
 
 552 Williains. Hugh ... A.B. ... 4 12 (5 
 
 94 White, Jno. (H) 
 
 L.M. ... 4 12 ... 2 Feb. 07 
 
 685 AVelsh. Thos. (2) ... Qr. Gr. ... 4 12 6 
 
 78 AViUiams, C^has. (1) Onl. ... 4 12 6 
 
 716 Wilson, Jas. (2) ... L.M. ... 4 12 (5 ... 5 Aug. 06 
 
 22 Woodman, .Tas. ... „ ... 4 12 6 ... 2 Feb. 0< 
 
 27 AVilkins, Aaron ... Orel. ... 4 12 6 ... 
 
 767 AVilliams, Chas. (2) L.AI. ... 4 12 6 ... 
 
 87 AA^ilson, Thos. ... Ord. ... 4 12 6 
 812 
 
 24 
 
 38 AVilHanis. AVni. ... Alar. ... 4 12 6 
 
 AVilliams. Thos. (3) L.AI. ... 4 12 6 ... 30 May 0. D.D. 
 AVallis, Mattw. ... Boy 4 12 6 ... 2 Feb. 07 - 
 
 78 AA^ilson, AVm + ^- f^ 
 
 87 AA^alsh, Sampn t }^ !! 
 
 88 AVebb, John ... 
 96 AVright. Jno. (1) 
 
 126 AVilliams. Edwd 
 
 4 12 6 ... 27 Feb. 07 
 4 12 6 ... 2 Feb. 07 
 4 12 6 ... 31 .Tan. 07 
 
 33 AVhitaker. John 4 12 6 ... 2 Feb. 07 - 
 
 40 AVilcox, AVm 4 1^ « ...18 Nov. 06 D.D. 
 
 MUSTER ROLL OF H.M.S. 'TONNANT.^ 
 IL 
 
 Wt' whose names and marks are hereunto subscribed, being 
 the Captain, Officers and Company of His Majesty s Ship Tonnant 
 at the Battle oft' Cape Trafalgar on the ^Ist October 1805 xmder 
 the connnand of the late Rt. Honble. Lcml Nelson, do acknowledge 
 to ha\e received of our Agents Messrs. Chris. Cooke and Willm. 
 Rd. Osway bv ourselves or our legal representatives, the .several 
 sums expressed ;igainst oin- names, being the amount of our 
 respective proportions of the proceeds of 4 French antl Spanish 
 ships captured on that day together uith proceeds of bounty bills 
 for the Knemys' ships destroyed. 
 
 And we do herein' discharge our said xVgents from all demands 
 on account thereof. 
 
 221
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 FIRST CLASS. 
 
 No. 
 
 y^amcs. 
 
 Qiaditi/. 
 
 £ 
 
 Sum 
 
 fl. 
 
 Ikife. 
 180r. 
 
 747 
 
 ChHS. Tyler, Es(i. 
 
 Captain ... 
 
 978 
 
 
 
 
 
 ... 10 April 
 
 
 
 SECOND 
 
 CLASS 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 Benj. Clement ... 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 65 
 
 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 169 
 
 Chas. Bennett ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 65 
 
 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 170 
 
 W. J. Millett 
 
 ,, 
 
 65 
 
 
 
 
 ... 
 
 668 
 
 H. B. White 
 
 ,, 
 
 65 
 
 
 
 
 ... 
 
 771 
 
 Win. Sopei- 
 
 Master ... 
 
 65 
 
 
 , 
 
 ... 9 April 
 
 778 
 
 Jno. Bedford 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 65 
 
 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 775 
 
 Jno. Salmon (2) ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 65 
 
 
 , 
 
 ,, 
 
 789 
 
 Fredk. Hoffman . . . 
 
 ,, 
 
 65 
 
 
 , 
 
 ... 10 April 
 
 121 
 
 Arthr. Ball 
 
 Cap. Mar. 
 
 65 
 
 
 
 
 .. 25 .June 
 
 
 
 THIRD ( 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 
 
 88 
 
 Edwd. Pohvhele... 
 
 Mr. Mte. . 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 6 , 
 
 ... 19 June 
 
 o2 
 
 Jno. Treeve 
 
 ,, 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 6 , 
 
 ?! 
 
 56 
 
 Henry Ready 
 
 ,, 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,.. 28 June 
 
 649 
 
 Jas. Little 
 
 ,, 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 10 April 
 
 654 
 
 Jno. Chapman 
 
 Carpr. . . . 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 6(56 
 
 George Booth 
 
 Purser . . . 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 10 April 
 
 668 
 
 F. M. Chevers ... 
 
 Surgn. ... 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,.. 9 April 
 
 741 
 
 Richd. Rose 
 
 Gunr. 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 10 April 
 
 790 
 
 Richd. Little 
 
 Boatsn. ... 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 6 . 
 
 ., 
 
 128 
 
 Jas. Cottle 
 
 Lt.Mar. ... 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 18 April 
 
 124 
 
 Wm. Magin 
 
 „ 
 
 44 
 
 4 
 
 (3 . 
 
 ..11 April 
 
 
 
 FOURTH 
 
 CLASS, 
 
 
 
 274 
 
 Armstrong, Jas 
 
 Bn. Mte. . 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 528 
 
 Anderson, Jas. ... 
 
 Yn. Shts. . 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 (J . 
 
 ,, 
 
 529 
 
 Allen, Wm. (1) ... 
 
 Clerk ... 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 670 
 
 Allen, J. M. H. ... 
 
 Mid. 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 80 
 
 Blennerhasset, J. P. 
 
 ,, 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 10 April 
 
 47 
 
 Burt, Jasper 
 
 Qr. Mr. ... 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 24 April 
 
 191 
 
 Brown, Jno. (1) ... 
 
 Qr.Mr.Mte 
 
 . 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 15 Jidy 
 
 814 
 
 Burn, John 
 
 Carp. Mte. 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 12 May 
 
 779 
 
 Brown, Wm. 
 
 Mid. 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 818 
 
 Bourne, Thos. 
 
 ,, 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 18 July 
 
 7 
 
 Burlace, Richd. ... 
 
 Sgt. Mar. . 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 . . 26 June 
 
 51 
 
 Crews, Jno. 
 
 Qr.Mr.Mte, 
 
 . 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 10 April 
 
 555 
 
 Cruse, Robsch. ... 
 
 Mid. 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 27 June 
 
 222
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 No. 
 
 Xanifs. 
 
 QlKlliti/. 
 
 Sinn 
 
 
 Date. 
 
 
 
 
 £ .V. 
 
 d. 
 
 1807. 
 
 637 
 
 Carney, Fras. 
 
 Yn. Shts. . 
 
 10 14 
 
 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 199 
 
 Delany, Josh. 
 
 Bo. Mte. . 
 
 10 14 
 
 
 
 1, 
 
 308 
 
 Diamond, Richd. . 
 
 S. Cpl. ... 
 
 10 14 
 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 664 
 
 Davis, Alexr. 
 
 31 r. Armr. 
 
 10 14 
 
 
 
 ... 30 Jidy 
 
 651 
 
 Evans, Robt. 
 
 Ast. Surg. 
 
 10 14 
 
 
 
 ... 10 April 
 
 81 
 
 Fletcher, Jos. 
 
 Qr. Mr. ... 
 
 10 14 
 
 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 301 
 
 Flogart, Jno. 
 
 Gr. Mte. . 
 
 10 14 
 
 (J 
 
 ,, 
 
 236 
 
 Keen, David 
 
 Y. P. R. ... 
 
 10 14 
 
 , 
 
 ,, 
 
 436 
 
 Kelly, Wni. 
 
 4 , ... 
 
 10 14 
 
 , 
 
 ... 24 April 
 
 774 
 
 Langdon, Richd 
 
 Mid. 
 
 10 14 
 
 , 
 
 ... 20 June 
 
 5 
 
 Lennell, Jno. 
 
 Sjt. Mar, . 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 — 
 
 267 
 
 McKay, Jno. 
 
 Qr. Mr. ... 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 10 April 
 
 268 
 
 Myers, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 793 
 
 Marshall, Jno. ... 
 
 Mid. 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 21 April 
 
 269 
 
 Nicholls, Jno. 
 
 Qr.Mr.Mte, 
 
 , 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 18 April 
 
 512 
 
 Oliver, Thos. 
 
 ,, 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 056 
 
 Oldrine, .Jas. 
 
 Mid. 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 18 April 
 
 61 
 
 Peers, Sanil. 
 
 Qr. Mr. ... 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 24 April 
 
 492 
 
 Phillip.s, Wm. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 12 May 
 
 748 
 
 Phelps, Thos. 
 
 Coxii. 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 10 April 
 
 795 
 
 Peregrine, AVm. E. 
 
 Mid. 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 — 
 
 435 
 
 Roskelly, Robert . 
 
 Gr.Mte.... 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 ..18 April 
 
 585 
 
 Symes, Joseph ... 
 
 Mid. 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 13 April 
 
 603 
 
 Strong, .Jno. 
 
 Qr. Mr. ... 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 22 May 
 
 632 
 
 Spilteniber, Jas,... 
 
 Bos. Mte. . 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 726 
 
 Sartorious, Geo 
 
 Mid. 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 12 May 
 
 792 
 
 Stokes, W. S. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 18 April 
 
 244 
 
 Williams. Thos. (1) 
 
 Yn. Shts. . 
 
 10 14 
 
 .. 
 
 — 
 
 556 
 
 White, Jas. 
 
 Qr.Mr.Mte. 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 .. 18 April 
 
 630 
 
 Webb, Richd. ... 
 
 S. Corpl. . 
 
 10 14 
 
 • 
 
 .. 21 April 
 
 636 
 
 Williams, Jno. (4) 
 
 Yn.Shts. . 
 
 10 14 
 
 . 
 
 — 
 
 125 
 
 Winyard, Jno. ... 
 
 Sjt. Mar. . 
 
 10 14 
 
 .. 
 
 .18 April 
 
 D.D., G. 
 
 G. 
 
 G. 
 
 FIFTH CLASS. 
 
 80 
 
 Adamson, Abrm. .. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 7 May 
 
 129 
 
 Arthur, Samuel .. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 136 
 
 Archer, Richd. 
 
 55 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 — 
 
 Ayeis, Rob. 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 502 
 
 Aikin, Pat 
 
 ?» 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 91 
 
 Alexander, Jno. .. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,1 
 
 98 
 
 Anderson, Hy. 
 
 ■<■, 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 • • i» 
 
 691 
 
 Allen, AVm. (2) .. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 223 
 
 G.
 
 MP^MOIRS OF 
 
 Xo. X(i))}<s. 
 
 QualUji. 
 
 Sum. 
 
 
 lh(f<-. 
 
 
 
 
 £ .V. 
 
 <1. 
 
 1S07. 
 
 
 92 Aston, Riclul. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 799 Ayies, Jas 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 17 Archei', Nichs. 
 
 Boy 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 , , 
 
 — 
 
 18 Andrews, Chas, ... 
 
 Mar. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 1 May 
 
 — 
 
 20 Beeton, Benj. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 8 May 
 
 — 
 
 73 Behnan, Waltei^ ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 85 Brown, Robl. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 88 Bell, Georg-e (2) ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 .. 
 
 ft 
 
 — 
 
 96 Burne, Tho.s. 
 
 Qr. Gr. .. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 () ., 
 
 , , 
 
 — 
 
 106 Beer, Jno 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 33 Bryan, Stephn. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 47 Bonaford, Wni. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ., 
 
 — 
 
 50 Broad, Tho.s. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 64 Brown, Geo. 
 
 ,. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 73 Brown, Josph. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 21 April 
 
 — 
 
 76 Butterell, Wni. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 .July 
 
 — 
 
 87 Bonnor, Frans. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 89 Bone, Geoi-ge 
 
 L.M. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,. 
 
 — 
 
 98 Bremer, Jno. 
 
 Old. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 221 Birkingliead, Wni.. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 22 Boyd, Thos. 
 
 Old. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 R.G. 
 
 27 Bourne, Geo. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 R.G. 
 
 265 Bray, Walter 
 
 L.M. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 21 April 
 
 — 
 
 77 Butler, Ja.sper 
 
 A.B. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15.Tuly 
 
 — 
 
 99 Bloisdell, Robt 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 
 .. 
 
 G. 
 
 350 Barr. Wni 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 53 Birani, Jas. 
 
 I, 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 50 Bond, Peter 
 
 1 , , 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 I) . 
 
 ,. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 57 Bowman. Wm. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 , 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 90 Brown, Jno. (2) .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 417 Bickerstaff, Jno. .. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 (5 , 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 40 Ba/Jl, Geo 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ». 
 
 — 
 
 71 Burrows, Wm. 
 
 ,. 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 90 Beale, Benj. 
 
 . A.B, 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 19 May 
 
 — 
 
 03 Butler, Thos. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,.. 15.Tuly 
 
 — 
 
 505 Burn, .Tas. ... 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 14 Bickford, Hy. 
 
 ,, 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 (5 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 65 Burne, Hugh 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 (5 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 69 Booth, Peter 
 
 9S 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 () 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 692 Bickering, Eras .. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 (5 
 
 ... 24 April 
 
 — 
 
 95 Baptiste, Jean 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 674 Burke, Edwd. 
 
 , , 
 
 ... 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 79 Bully, Wm. 
 
 .. Ord. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 R.G 
 
 224
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 No. 
 
 NaniKi. 
 
 Qiiallfi/. 
 
 80 
 
 Burt, Michl. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 93 
 
 Bailey, Barthw 
 
 L.M. 
 
 713 
 
 Bennett, George ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 42 
 
 Butts, Thos. 
 
 ,. 
 
 52 
 
 Barline, Jas. 
 
 ,, 
 
 68 
 
 Bramble, Handle ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 78 
 
 Blethyn. Richd. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 2/25 
 
 Beeghan, Edwd. ... 
 
 Boy 
 
 30 
 
 Bryan, Hy. 
 
 ,, 
 
 3/20 
 
 Brown, .Tas. 
 
 ,, 
 
 41 
 
 Bray, J no. ... 
 
 Mar. 
 
 63 
 
 Bentley, .Tas. 
 
 ,, 
 
 95 
 
 Bowles, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 106 
 
 Bennett, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 105 
 
 Crook, Win. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 20 
 
 Calliman, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 23 
 
 Callaghan, Jere. .. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 28 
 
 Clive, Richd. 
 
 ,, 
 
 40 
 
 Cunningham, Jno. 
 
 , , 
 
 81 
 
 Cleave, Jno. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 96 
 
 Chaley, Josph. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 204 
 
 Cmbis, Wni. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 34 
 
 Carr, Hy 
 
 >» 
 
 37 
 
 Clark, Gidn. Wm. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 52 
 
 Carrol, Patk. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 53 
 
 Charleton, Chas. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 56 
 
 Cullen. Laurce. 
 
 ,, 
 
 6(» 
 
 Cronin, Danl. 
 
 ., 
 
 261 
 
 Cotter 
 
 Ord. 
 
 341 
 
 Cannon. Pat. 
 
 ,, 
 
 42 
 
 Cook, Saml. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 87 
 
 Crawley, Michl. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 92 
 
 Clayton, Josh. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 402 
 
 Coates, Jno. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 7 
 
 China, Jas 
 
 Ord. 
 
 12 
 
 Cecil, Paul 
 
 ,, 
 
 42 
 
 China, Wm. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 48 
 
 Conway, Jas. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 61 
 
 Cogdon, .Jas. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 63 
 
 Cash, .Jno. (1) 
 
 L.M. 
 
 67 
 
 Cash, Jno. (2) 
 
 A.B. 
 
 82 
 
 Charnley, Wm. ... 
 
 L.M 
 
 86 
 
 Compton, .Jas. 
 
 ,, 
 
 Sum 
 
 
 Dcitp.. 
 
 £ s. 
 
 d. 
 
 1807. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 18 April 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 1, 
 
 RG. 
 
 R.G. 
 
 — 
 
 
 .. 
 
 G. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 R.G. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 - — 
 
 
 — 
 
 R.G. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 R.G. 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 24 July 
 
 — 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 D.D.,C 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 2 Oct. 
 
 — 
 
 
 6 
 
 .. 16 June 
 
 — 
 
 
 6 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 19Mch. 
 
 — 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 
 6 
 
 .. 26 May 
 
 D.D. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ..15 July 
 
 — 
 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 )> 
 
 — 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 
 6 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 9» 
 
 — 
 
 225 
 
 Q
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 iVo. Names. Quality. Sum. Date. 
 
 £ .^. d. 1807. 
 
 516 Cole, David ... A.B. ... 1 17 fi ... 24 July — 
 
 42 Canim, Isaac ... ,, ... 1 17 6 ... 24 April — 
 
 545 Clark, Jno L.M. ... 1 17 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 82 Cunnack, Nichs. ... Ord. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 90 Conden, Jno ... — ... — R.G. 
 
 610 Clint, Jno A.B. ... 1 17 ... 15 July — 
 
 29 Cullin, Jas L.M. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 90 Cromwell, Glsco , ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 99 Cole, Wm „ ... 1 17 6 ... „ — 
 
 718 Cahill, Thos. ... „ ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 19 Christie, Christr , ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 20 Crosby, Jno. ... ,, ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 81 Christie, Peter ... A.B. ... — ... — D.D., G. 
 
 56 Connor, Jas. ... L.M. ... — ... — D.D., G. 
 
 59 Cox, Frans. ... „ ... 1 17 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 85 Creswell, Jno. ... Ord. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 96 Chesnaugh, Wm.... L.M. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 801 Oruthers, Jas. ... ,, ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 11 Cunningham, Rednd. Ord. ... 1176... ,, — 
 3/32 Clemo, Jas. ... Boy ... 1 17 6 — 
 
 12 Cocher, Jno. ... Mar. ... 1 17 6 ... 24 April — 
 33 Catherine, Josh. ... ,, ... 1 17 6 ... 15 July — 
 44 Coates, Jno. ... Corpl. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 52 Conner, Jno. ... Mar. ... 1 17 6 ... 29 Sep. — 
 
 73 Chant, Wm. ... ,, ... 117 6 ... 15 Jvily — 
 
 74 Curren, Pat. ... ,, ... 1 17 6 — 
 
 84 Chorley, Jno. ... „ ... 1 17 6 ... 18 April D.D., G. 
 
 91 Cotter, Thos , ... _ ... _ _ 
 
 108 Cray, Thos. ... ,, ... 1 17 6 ... 15 Jidy — 
 
 22 Cornish, Robt. ... ,, ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 71 Davis, (Jno.) (1) ... L.M, ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 94 Dodd, Wm. ... A.B, ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 95 Davis, Jno. (3) ... ,, ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 134 Dannie, Edw, ... L.M. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 141 Daly, .Ino „ ... 1 17 6 ... „ — 
 
 55 Doisoix, Anthy. ... Ord. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 214 Duncan, Archd , ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 17 Davis, Peter ... L.M. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 26 Downward, Saml. .A.B. ... — ... — G. 
 
 310 Davis, Wm. (1) ... „ ... 117 ... 15 July — 
 
 20 Downie, Aaron ... ,, ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 23 Dunsworth, David Ord. ... 1176... ,, — 
 28 Dunn, Patk, ... L.M. ... 1 17 6 ... 19 May — 
 
 226
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER 
 
 No. Xamfs. 
 
 Quality. 
 
 Sum. 
 
 
 Date. 
 
 
 
 
 £ s: 
 
 d. 
 
 1807. 
 
 
 31 Doyle. Patk. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 . 15 .July 
 
 
 
 400 Dew, Robt. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 
 41 Davis, Geo. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 
 70 Dacres, Wm. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 ., 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 
 74 Dickinson, Isaac ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 .. 
 
 ,« 
 
 
 
 506 Dalton, Patk. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 ., 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 
 .31 Dwiie, Martin 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 
 ■ — 
 
 G. 
 
 67.5 Dnnnovan, Jno. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 . . 45 July 
 
 — 
 
 768 Dancer, Jno. 
 
 5? 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 2/16 Dickenson, Jas. ... 
 
 Boy 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 37 Dix, Jno 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 
 G. 
 
 14 Diamond, Saml. ... 
 
 Mar. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 65 Draper, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 i» 
 
 — 
 
 72 Dixon, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 76 Driscoll, Tiny 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 1.38 Dogmore, Wm. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 143 Easterton, Wm. ... 
 
 L.M. .. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 44 Eales, Jno 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 276 Evans, Jno. (1) ... 
 
 A.B. .. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 378 Evans, Jno. (2) ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 408 Elliott, Josh. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 581 Emmerson , Robt. . . . 
 
 ,, 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 87 Edwards, Jas. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 589 Elvin, Jacob 
 
 Ord. 
 
 — . 
 
 
 
 
 D.D., G. 
 
 660 Estudely, Chas. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 61 Edwards, Wm. .. 
 
 . Mar. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 D.D., G, 
 
 64 Evans, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 18 April 
 
 — 
 
 132 Eskins, Peter A. .. 
 
 ., 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,.. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 72 Fine, Nichs. 
 
 . L.M. . 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,5 
 
 — 
 
 245 Fleming, Thos. .. 
 
 , , 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 , 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 51 Finn, Jas 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 , 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 64 Fitzpatrick, Danl.. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 
 D.D., G 
 
 82 Ferguson, Walter.. 
 
 . Qr. Gr. . 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 
 D.D., G 
 
 95 Fisher, Jno. . 
 
 . AB. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 375 Floyd, Geo. . 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 645 Fanfalzer, Jacob .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 707 Fi-ancis, Jno. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 45 Francis, Philip 
 
 . A.B. . 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 762 Finn, Thos. . 
 
 . L.M. . 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 76 Fletcher, Danl. .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 808 Fox, Chas. . 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 3/34 Flooke, Jno. 
 
 . Boy 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 13 Feme, Jno. . 
 
 . Mar. . 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 55 
 
 — 
 
 227
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 29 
 
 62 
 
 86 
 
 93 
 
 112 
 
 230 
 
 55 
 
 336 
 
 44 
 
 84 
 
 434 
 56 
 69 
 95 
 99 
 
 577 
 79 
 93 
 
 682 
 87 
 
 708 
 35 
 98 
 
 2/21 
 26 
 
 8/24 
 33 
 20 
 24 
 43 
 47 
 85 
 
 101 
 42 
 99 
 
 130 
 52 
 56 
 
 203 
 16 
 48 
 85 
 
 819 
 
 Names. 
 
 Fry, Richd. . 
 
 Ford, Thos. . 
 
 Farthing, Thos. 
 
 Griffiths, Benj. 
 
 Griffiths, Edwd. 
 
 Gihiian, Thos. 
 
 Grace, Thos. 
 
 Griffin, Michl. 
 
 Grimes, Thos. 
 
 Goldsmith, Hy. 
 
 Garland, Philip 
 
 Gibson, Jno. 
 
 Gardner, Robt. 
 
 Gibson, Wm. 
 
 Godfrey, Wm. 
 
 Green, Wm. 
 
 Gift, Geo. ... 
 
 Glass, Jno, ... 
 Gallaway, Jno. 
 Gomersall, Wm. 
 George, C'hristr. 
 Gill, Jas. ... 
 Geary, Patk. 
 Grumley. Jas. 
 
 Gavin, Jas 
 
 Griffin, Wm. 
 Gainer, Wm. 
 Glynn, .Jno. 
 Garrett, Geo. 
 Gudge, SI. ... 
 Gambling, Thos. 
 Gready, Benj. 
 Green. Jno. . 
 Hawkins, Jno. 
 Harnett, Michl. 
 Harris, Richd. 
 Heron, Alexr. 
 Halbert, Wm. 
 Hosking, Edwd. 
 Hodwin, Jno. 
 Hawke, Saml. 
 Hopkins, Wm. 
 Holland, Jno 
 
 Qualiti/. Sum. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 Mar. ... 1 17 6 
 
 A.B. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 A.B. 
 Qr. Gr. 
 L.M. 
 
 A.B. 
 L.M. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 L.M. 
 A.B. 
 L.M. 
 Boy. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Drumr. 
 
 Armt. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 A.B. 
 Ord. 
 L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 
 17 
 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 () 
 6 
 
 Date. 
 1807. 
 1.5 July 
 
 5 June 
 15 July 
 
 28 .July 
 
 15 July 
 
 21 April 
 15 Jidv 
 
 24 April 
 
 15 .luly 
 
 7 Aug. 
 
 15 July 
 
 28 April 
 15 July 
 19 May 
 31 July 
 18 April 
 
 24 April 
 18 April 
 15 .luly 
 
 D.D., G. 
 
 D.D. 
 D.D., G. 
 
 G. 
 
 1 17 6 
 
 15 .luly 
 
 228
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER. 
 
 No. 
 
 Nmnes. 
 
 <^miH/i/. 
 
 Sum. 
 
 Jj.nte. 
 
 
 
 
 £ A-. 
 
 d. 
 
 1S07. 
 
 24 
 
 Holt, Jno 
 
 L.M. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 35 
 
 Hennessey, Michl... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 , 
 
 ,1 
 
 48 
 
 Harlow, Jno. ... 
 
 >» r 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 , 
 
 ,, 
 
 63 
 
 Hutchinst)n, Saml... 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 93 
 
 Howci'oft, Herni — 
 
 A.B. .. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15.hdy 
 
 400 
 
 Hulse, Thos. 
 
 )) 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 11 
 
 Holland, Danl. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 45 
 
 Hughes, Danl. 
 
 '» . :• 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 64 
 
 Hughes, David 
 
 L.M. ,, 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 73 
 
 Holden, Jas. ... 
 
 '» 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 5» 
 
 88 
 
 Haivey, Jno. 
 
 A.B. .. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 517 
 
 Hutson, Jno. 
 
 L.M. . 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 59 
 
 Houx, Jacob 
 
 A.B. 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 
 602 
 
 Hill, Jas. ... 
 
 L.M. ., 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 5 
 
 Hudson, Thos. 
 
 )5 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 43 
 
 Hanson, Hiigh 
 
 Ord. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 669 
 
 Harrington, Michl.. 
 
 Qr. Gr. , 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 73 
 
 Hiani, Saml. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 16 July 
 
 701 
 
 Harris, Wni. 
 
 15 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 14 
 
 Hill, Jno 
 
 ,, 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ») 
 
 34 
 
 Headlani. Wm. 
 
 A.B. ., 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 •• 5? 
 
 38 
 
 Haggerson, Jno. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 46 
 
 Hay land, Pat. 
 
 5> 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 
 49 
 
 Hall, Jno. ... . ... 
 
 L.M. .. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 57 
 
 Hurley, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 11 
 
 86 
 
 Hodge, Philip 
 
 ,, 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 91 
 
 Howard, Thos. , ... 
 
 A.B. .. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 803 
 
 Hayter, Thos. 
 
 L.M. .. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 <3 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 4 
 
 Harris, Geo. 
 
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 ,. 1 17 
 
 t) . 
 
 11 
 
 2/29 
 
 Hyland, Wm. 
 
 Boy. .. 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 11 
 
 3/30 
 
 Hyson, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 10 
 
 Haywood, Jno, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 23 
 
 Hook way, Wm. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 18 April 
 
 28 
 
 Heath, Jno. 
 
 )5 
 
 ,. 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 18 April 
 
 36 
 
 HoUett, Danl. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 69 
 
 Humphries, Thos. . 
 
 ,, .. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 71 
 
 Holder, Robt. 
 
 )? 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 , 
 
 ,, 
 
 90 
 
 Heaven, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 • 
 
 .. 18 April 
 
 104 
 
 Healey, Michl. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 9 
 
 Hughes, Jno. 
 
 1 » 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6. . 
 
 ,, 
 
 37 
 
 Henden, Thos. 
 
 ) > 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 11 
 
 138 
 
 Johns, Richd. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 46 
 
 James, Wm. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 G. 
 
 D.D., G 
 
 R. G. 
 
 G. 
 
 D.D.,G. 
 
 G. 
 
 G. 
 
 229
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 No. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Quality. 
 
 Su))) 
 
 
 DaU. 
 
 
 
 
 £ 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 1807. 
 
 
 58 
 
 Johnson, Robt, (1) . 
 
 Ord. ... 1 
 
 j7 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 24 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 79 
 
 Jackson, Richd. ... 
 
 L.M. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 297 
 
 Jaggei's, Thos. 
 
 ,, ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 98 
 
 Johnston, Wm. ... 
 
 Boy ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 315 
 
 Johns, Christr. 
 
 L.M. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 326 
 
 Jones, David 
 
 ,, ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 72 
 
 Jones, Chas. 
 
 Ord. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 >> 
 
 — 
 
 420 
 
 Ingrewell, Jno. ... 
 
 A.B. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 43 
 
 Johns, Rd 
 
 L.M. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 49 
 
 Johnstone, Jno. ... 
 
 A.B. 
 
 — 
 
 , 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 84 
 
 Jones, Richd. 
 
 L.M. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 671 
 
 Jackson, Joseph ... 
 
 A.B. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 »» 
 
 — 
 
 85 
 
 James, Joseph 
 
 Ord. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 24 July 
 
 — 
 
 702 
 
 James, Jno. 
 
 L.M. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 9 
 
 James, Thos. 
 
 ,, ... J 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 51 
 
 Johns, Chas. 
 
 ,, ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,. 
 
 — 
 
 55 
 
 Jefifrys, Benj. 
 
 ,, ... 1 
 
 2'j' 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 19 
 
 Judge, Wm. 
 
 Mar. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 22 
 
 Jones, Geo 
 
 ,, ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 45 
 
 Jones, Jas 
 
 ,, ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 18 
 
 April 
 
 — 
 
 56 
 
 Jones, Joseph 
 
 ,, ... X 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 231 
 
 Knight, Jno. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 50 
 
 KePy, Andrew 
 
 A.B. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 59 
 
 Kay, Jerem. 
 
 ,, ... J 
 
 27 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 457 
 
 Kelly, Jas. ... 
 
 L.M. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 17 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 87 
 
 Kilman, Wm. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 D.D.,G 
 
 513 
 
 Kirkham, Jas. 
 
 Ord. ... 1 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 57 
 
 Knoles, Jno. 
 
 A.B. ... 1 
 
 
 . 
 
 .. 21 
 
 April 
 
 — 
 
 640 
 
 Kelly, Timy. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 754 
 
 Kempson, Chas. .. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 60 
 
 Knight, Wm. 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 D.D..G 
 
 82 
 
 King, Geo 
 
 Mar. .. 1 
 
 2Y 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 21 
 
 April 
 
 — 
 
 94 
 
 Kendrick, Jno. 
 
 ,, ... ] 
 
 j7 
 
 6 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 37 
 
 Ley, Wm 
 
 L.M. ... 1 
 
 1-7 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 77 
 
 Loton, Jas 
 
 ,, ... 1 
 
 2^7 
 
 . 
 
 ... 10 
 
 April 
 
 — 
 
 147 
 
 Leary, Joseph 
 
 Ord. ... 1 
 
 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 329 
 
 Laughlin, Michl. .. 
 
 L.M. ... 1 
 
 27 
 
 6 
 
 .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 33 
 
 Leary, Corls. 
 
 A.B. ... 1 
 
 27 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 55 
 
 Leith, Jas 
 
 Ord. ... 1 
 
 27 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 97 
 
 Ledepard, Jno. 
 
 L.M. ... 1 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 98 
 
 Leverett, Wm. 
 
 Cr. Crew . ] 
 
 27 
 
 6 
 
 
 , , 
 
 — 
 
 444 
 
 Lity, Thos 
 
 L.M. ... 1 
 
 27 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 80 
 
 Leach, 8aml. 
 
 ,, ... ] 
 
 27 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 230
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER. 
 
 No. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Quality. 
 
 Sum 
 
 
 Date. 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 1807. 
 
 97 
 
 Lake, Amb. 
 
 Qr. Gr. ... 1 
 
 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 . 15 July 
 
 544 
 
 Loader, Jas. 
 
 L.M. ... 1 
 
 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 46 
 
 Loader, Thos. 
 
 ,, ... J 
 
 17 
 
 6 , 
 
 ,, 
 
 61 
 
 Leafe, Martin 
 
 A.B. ... 1 
 
 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 » » 
 
 601 
 
 Layhel, Jno. 
 
 Ord. ... 1 
 
 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 31 
 
 Love, Saml. 
 
 A.B. ... ] 
 
 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 >) 
 
 34 
 
 Luke, Edwd. 
 
 Qr. Gr. ... 1 
 
 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 • • » » 
 
 39 
 
 Lott, Jno 
 
 Ord. ... ] 
 
 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 42 
 
 Leysenbui"g, Jno. .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 L 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 , , 
 
 88 
 
 Letz, Chas 
 
 ,, 
 
 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 »i 
 
 704 
 
 Liversedge, Saml. 
 
 L.M, ... ] 
 
 L 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 13 May 
 
 28 
 
 Lowes, Wm. 
 
 Cr. Cw. ... ] 
 
 L 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ..10 April 
 
 64 
 
 Loring, Benj. 
 
 L,M. ... ] 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 24 April 
 
 69 
 
 Lowry, Jno. 
 
 , , 
 
 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 77 
 
 Large, Jno. 
 
 Trumpr. ... 
 
 L 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 10 April 
 
 84 
 
 Long, Wni. 
 
 Ord. ... ] 
 
 L 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 3/16 
 
 Lemon, Jno. 
 
 Boy ... 1 
 
 L 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 50 
 
 Lillow, Wm. 
 
 . Cpl. Mar. . 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 21 April 
 
 68 
 
 Linzee, Job 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 136 
 
 Latham, Richd. .. 
 
 — 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 62 
 
 Mealy, Jno, 
 
 . Qr. Gr. ... 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 24 April 
 
 91 
 
 Money, Thos. 
 
 ,, 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 101 
 
 McCarthy, Danl. .. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 11 
 
 Mark, W 
 
 ,, 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 14 
 
 McGuire, Michl. .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 • • »» 
 
 115 
 
 Martin, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 
 
 »» 
 
 17 
 
 Matthews, Fras. .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 .. 24 July 
 
 21 
 
 Murphy, Timy. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 35 
 
 Mortimer, Roger .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 , 
 
 11 
 
 53 
 
 McFarlane, Wm. .. 
 
 . Qr.Gr. ... 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 11 
 
 57 
 
 McLaughlin, Jno... 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 11 
 
 208 
 
 McKellar, Jno. 
 
 ,, ,,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 9 
 
 McCormick, Nl. .. 
 
 ,, ... 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 • • 11 
 
 11 
 
 Munro, Jas. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 12 
 
 Malligan, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 19 May 
 
 13 
 
 McFeal, Jno. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 42 
 
 Moore, Danl. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 47 
 
 Matthews, Jacob .. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 11 
 
 91 
 
 McDonald, Jno. .. 
 
 . Cr. Cw. ... 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 312 
 
 May, Richard 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 17 
 
 McCarthy, Chs. .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 I 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 »» 
 
 32 
 
 McGrath, Edwd. .. 
 
 . A.B. ... 1 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 • • 
 
 347 
 
 McLeran, David .. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,1 
 
 D.D., G. 
 
 G. 
 
 231
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 No. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Qiialifi/, 
 
 Sum. 
 
 
 Tjate. 
 
 
 
 
 £ s. 
 
 d. 
 
 1807. 
 
 51 
 
 McGinlay, Ml. ... 
 
 Old. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,., 15 July 
 
 52 
 
 McKenzie, Jno. ... 
 
 ,, ... 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 *•• 
 
 60 
 
 McNeil, Archd. ... 
 
 A.B. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 til 
 
 McNeil, Jas. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... M 
 
 67 
 
 Mantle, Chr. 
 
 A.B. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ••• »i 
 
 82 
 
 Mingis, Will. 
 
 Cooper ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... f « 
 
 94 
 
 Merlin, Jno. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... !• 
 
 409 
 
 McKennon, Jas. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 53 
 
 Morris, Edw. 
 
 Ar. Cw. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 «• 
 
 62 
 
 Moore, Jno. 
 
 A.B. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ■,, 
 
 76 
 
 McCarthy, Adn. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 
 
 78 
 
 Martin, Jas. 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... ,, 
 
 500 
 
 Mara, Martin 
 
 Qr. Gr. ... 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 1 
 
 McLaughlin, Jas. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 3 
 
 McCulley, Saml. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 20 
 
 McKinsey, Saiiil. ... 
 
 A.B. ... 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 524 
 
 Mills, Robt. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 27 
 
 Miller, Peter 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 58 
 
 Machan, Edw. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 689 
 
 McFarlane, Donald 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 
 
 94 
 
 Meager, Hy. 
 
 L.M. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 5 May 
 
 95 
 
 McCarthy, Justn. . 
 
 i) , ••• 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 14 July 
 
 710 
 
 May, Jno 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 11 
 
 McMullen, Mien. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 
 
 15 
 
 McGilvery, Alexr. . 
 
 ,, ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 „ 
 
 37 
 
 McLane, Wm. 
 
 ,, ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 40 
 
 McNamara, Chs. ... 
 
 Ord. .... 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 61 
 
 Mulloney, Michl. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 66 
 
 Morris, Lewis 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 70 
 
 McTeague, Patk. ... 
 
 ») ..,••• 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 800 
 
 Morrison, Hy. 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... ,, 
 
 2 
 
 Moore, Win. 
 
 ,, ^ ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 2/22 
 
 McGuire, Richd. ... 
 
 Boy 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 
 
 3/19 
 
 Moore, Jno. ... 
 
 >» , .••• 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 
 
 16 
 
 Moles, Josh. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 17 
 
 Morgan, Jas. 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 16 July 
 
 34 
 
 Mil ward, Thos. ... 
 
 ,, ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 18 April 
 
 66 
 
 May, Richd. 
 
 »» ,••• 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 134 
 
 Mitchell, Wm. ... 
 
 5) .••• 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 5 May 
 
 389 
 
 Nason, Andw, 
 
 Ord. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 509 
 
 Norgate, Benj, 
 
 L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 38 
 
 Naden, Geo. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ,, 
 
 66 
 
 Nelson, Jno. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... ,, 
 
 G. 
 
 G. 
 
 G. 
 
 G. 
 
 232
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER. 
 
 ^0. 
 
 N(u 
 
 683 Nicholson, Alexr.. 
 
 758 Nelson, Jas. 
 
 42 Nottingham, Jno , 
 
 07 Nicholls, Jas. 
 
 142 Oakey, Jno, 
 
 448 O'Bi-ien, Lawce. . 
 
 21 Osborne, Hy. 
 
 70 Pentieath, Rchd.. 
 
 110 Poor, Wm 
 
 82 Page, Geo 
 
 90 Pasey, Geo. 
 
 218 Porter, Win. 
 
 57 Palk, Jno. ... 
 
 805 Paul, Wm 
 
 9 Pascoe, Jas. 
 
 (5(5 Parker, Jas. 
 
 70 Parker, Jno. (1) . 
 
 77 Price, Thos. 
 
 455 Pullen, Edw. 
 
 66 Pratt, Wm. 
 
 72 Plyer, Danl. 
 
 77 Price, Aaron 
 
 511 Parker, Jno. (2) . 
 
 18 Paul, Thos. .. . 
 
 85 Palmei', Wm. 
 
 47 Pearce, Wm. 
 
 96 Pole, Jno 
 
 600 Peters, Hans. 
 
 96 Price, Jas. 
 
 717 Piatt. Richd. 
 
 80 Pymm, Jas. . 
 
 88 Polkinhorn, Thos. 
 
 809 Pepper, .Josh. 
 
 2 20 Parry, Howd, L. . 
 
 15 Pearce, Abm. 
 39 Pei'kins, Peter 
 
 48 Portengale, Jno. . 
 141 Pritchard, Thos. . 
 
 90 Reece, Thos. 
 
 103 Reynolds, Jno. . 
 
 9 Roberts, Raph. 
 
 13 Rowney, David . 
 
 16 Reed, Geo. (1) 
 
 Qitalitff. 
 
 Slim. 
 
 Date. 
 
 
 
 £ s: d. 
 
 1807. 
 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 1 17 6 , 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 
 
 L.M. .. 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 G. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 . 1 17 6 
 
 ...24 April 
 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 L.M. 
 
 . 1 17 6 , 
 
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 ■ 
 
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 . 1 17 6 
 
 ... 
 
 
 
 Mar. 
 
 — 
 
 
 
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 ... 15 July 
 
 
 
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 . 1 17 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 
 
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 .. 31 July 
 
 — 
 
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 , 1 17 . 
 
 .. 24 .July 
 
 — 
 
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 . 1 17 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
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 . 1 17 6 . 
 
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 . 1 17 6 . 
 
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 — 
 
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 , 1 17 6 . 
 
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 . 1 17 6 . 
 
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 L.M. 
 
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 1 17 6 . 
 
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 L.M. ... 
 
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 — 
 
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 , 1 17 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — . 
 
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 1 17 6 . 
 
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 1 17 6 . 
 
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 1 17 6 . 
 
 ., 
 
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 ,, 
 
 1 17 6 . 
 
 • • 
 
 
 
 L.M. ... 
 
 1 17 6 . 
 
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 1 17 6 . 
 
 .. 25 June 
 
 - 
 
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 1 17 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
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 — 
 
 — 
 
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 ,, 
 
 1 17 6 . 
 
 .. 28 April 
 
 — 
 
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 1 17 6 . 
 
 .. 14 Aiigust 
 
 — 
 
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 1 17 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
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 1 17 6 . 
 1 17 6 . 
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 — 
 
 , , 
 
 1 17 6 ., 
 
 
 
 
 233
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 No. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Qifolifi/. 
 
 Sum 
 
 £ .V. 
 
 d. 
 
 Date. 
 1807. 
 
 
 24 
 
 Richards, Rd. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 86 
 
 Redding, Jno. 
 
 Qr. Gr. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 — 
 
 205 
 
 Richards, Win. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 »> 
 
 — 
 
 6 
 
 Russell, Wm. ' ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 »t 
 
 — 
 
 24 
 
 Ruddock, Thos. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 — 
 
 66 
 
 Ruth, Danl. 
 
 L.M. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 — 
 
 88 
 
 Reed, Geo. (1) 
 
 A.B. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 M 
 
 — 
 
 358 
 
 Reed, Jnci. (2) 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 80 
 
 Roberts, Hgh. 
 
 S.M.Mte.. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 86 
 
 Ross, Jno 
 
 A.B. ... 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 405 
 
 Reece, .Ino. . 
 
 ., 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 .July 
 
 — 
 
 21 
 
 Riley, Michl. 
 
 ., 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 t. 
 
 — 
 
 30 
 
 Robinson, Wm. ... 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 <• 
 
 — 
 
 37 
 
 Rodden, Jno. 
 
 L.M. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
 — 
 
 54 
 
 Ryan, Jas 
 
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 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 79 
 
 Robinson, Ben. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ..15 .luly 
 
 — 
 
 583 
 
 Russell, .Ino. (2) ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 661 
 
 Rotner, Paul 
 
 L.M. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 66 
 
 Rees, Mansel 
 
 Prs. Std... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 24 April 
 
 — 
 
 67 
 
 Ray, Jno 
 
 L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 72 
 
 Richards, Jno. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 9 June 
 
 — 
 
 700 
 
 Rogers, Jas. 
 
 L.M. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 82 
 
 Ronan, Wm. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 D.D., G. 
 
 807 
 
 Ryan, Thos. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 2/27 
 
 Riley, Jas. ... 
 
 . Boy 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 55 
 
 Robinson, Wm. ... 
 
 Mar. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 69 
 
 Secombe, Mk. 
 
 L.M. ... 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 G. 
 
 74 
 
 Sidgniond, Rt. 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 75 
 
 Sobey, Thos. 
 
 . Qr. G. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 79 
 
 Stanlake, Wm. 
 
 . Cook 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 29 May 
 
 — 
 
 92 
 
 Shipp, Wm. 
 
 . A.B. ... 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 R. G. 
 
 97 
 
 Smith, Wm. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ... 18 April 
 
 — 
 
 125 
 
 Stabb, Geo. . 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 . 
 
 .. 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 51 
 
 Schollar, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 1 17 
 
 () . 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 92 
 
 Salmon, Jno. (1) .. 
 
 . Or. Cw. ... 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 , 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 201 
 
 Sheppard, Wm. ... 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 R. G. 
 
 19 
 
 Sly the, Hy. . 
 
 .1 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 28 
 
 Strickland, Chs. .. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 , 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 40 
 
 Shouler, Edwd. .. 
 
 . Ord. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 A.G. 
 
 249 
 
 Squires, Jas. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 58 
 
 Stephens, .Jas. (2).. 
 
 . Rpe. Mkr. 
 
 1 17 
 
 6 , 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 62 
 
 Sullivan, Danl. 
 
 . L.M. 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 D.D., G 
 
 89 
 
 Straff on, Fras. .. 
 
 . A.B. 
 
 1 17 
 
 (i 
 
 ... 15 July 
 
 — 
 
 234
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER, 
 
 No Namex. QualHi/. Sum. Dote. 
 
 £ .i. d. 1807. 
 
 303 Saundiy, Hy. ... Orel. ... 1 17 6 ... 17 April — 
 
 4 Slockett, Jno. ... L.M. ... 1 17 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 38 Sullivan, .Jno. ... Oi-d. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 45 Stenidge, Jiio ... 1 17 6 ... ,, 
 
 46 Saunders, Stephn... ,, ... 1 17 6 — 
 
 548 Sinclair, John ... Sail. Cw. . 1 17 6 ... 18:April D.D. 
 
 354 Swan, Jas. 
 
 1 17 6 ... 15 July 
 
 401 Saville, Ben ... L.M. ... 1 17 6 ... ., — 
 
 3 Simpson, Josh. ... A.B. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 6 Spence, Richd, ... „ ... 1 17 6 ... 26 May — 
 
 19 Scott, Jno. (1) ... L.M, ... 117 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 96 Stockwell. Wni. ... A.B. ... 1 17 6 — 
 
 520 Stickney. Jno , ... — ••• — R-^^- 
 
 525 Seales, Richd , ... 1 17 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 26 Smith, Wm. (3) ... Sl.Mr.Cw. 1 17 6 ... „ — 
 
 28 Spencer, Wm. ... Qr. Gr. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 37 Smith, Hy A.B. ... — ... — D.D., G. 
 
 41 Smerdon, Robt 117 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 348 Sinclair, Archd. ... ,, ... 1176... ,, — 
 
 597 Stephens, Fred. ... Ord. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 641 Swyngedaw, Ptr.... L.M. ... 117 6 ... 22 May — 
 
 76 Sullivan, Jere. ... Ord. ... 1 17 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 81 Stewart, Jas , ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 84 Sloane, Archd. ... ,, ... — ••• — D,D., G. 
 
 706 Skinner, Wm. ... L.M. ... 1 17 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 33 Spooner, Edw. ... Ord. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 53 Sinclair, Thos. ... L.M. ... — ••• — ^'^^ 
 
 81 Stanley, Jas. ... Ord. ... — ... 14 Aug. — 
 
 97 Scanlon, Jno. ... L.M. ... 1 17 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 33 Spencer, Edw. ... ,, ... — •■• — D.D., G. 
 
 805 Sanders, Michl. ... ,, ... 117 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 6 Skain, Owen ... ,, ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 10 Short, Chas. ... „ ... 1 17 6 ... „ — 
 
 2/23 Share, Alexr. ... Boy ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 3/5 Slade, Jno ,, ... 1 17 6 ... „ — 
 
 9 Smith, Jas Mar. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 27 Skinner, Jas. ... ,, ... 117 6 ... 18 April — 
 
 40 Sandford, Jas 1 17 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 70 Stephens, Aaron ... ,, ... 1 17 6 ... ,, 
 
 92 Strone, Thos. ... ,, ... 1 17 6 ... 28 April — 
 
 93 Shaddick, Edw. ... Cpl. ... 117 6 ... 18 April — 
 139 Skinner, Jno. ... Mar. ... 1 17 6 ... 15 July — 
 
 68 Thomas, Thos. (1) . Ord. ... 1 17 6 ... ,, — 
 
 235
 
 MEMOIRS OF 
 
 No. 
 
 Names. 
 
 QnalUy. 
 
 Sum 
 £ s. 
 
 <L 
 
 
 Date. 
 1807. 
 
 
 84 
 
 Tison, Josh. 
 
 Qr. Gr. . 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 102 
 
 Tobin, Riclid. ••-... 
 
 Ord. .... 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 122 
 
 Toomey, Corns.- -... 
 
 L.M. .. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 26 
 
 Trout, Win. •■-... 
 
 , , - ..• 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 A.G 
 
 37 
 
 Tressider, Jno. •... 
 
 L.M. .. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 
 
 .. 24 
 
 April 
 
 — 
 
 202 
 
 Towser, Thos. • . . . 
 
 Ord. 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 R.G 
 
 806 
 
 Thomas, David ■ • . . . 
 
 ,, - •, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 27 
 
 Thomas, .Tno. (1) ... 
 
 L.M. ... 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 416 
 
 Trimlett, Geo. ... 
 
 A.B. • - 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 91 
 
 Tertuish, Jno. (als. 
 Jn. Verhault ... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 R.G 
 
 504 
 
 Taylor, Wm. (1) ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 .. 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 89 
 
 Thomas, Jno. (2) ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 628 
 
 Taylor, Thos. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 44 
 
 Tiffonback, Jno. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 .. 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 712 
 
 Train, Jno.... ... 
 
 A.B. . 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 8p 
 
 Taff, Jno. ... 
 
 Cr. Cw. . 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 82 
 
 Thompson, Wm. ... 
 
 A.B. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 86 
 
 Tallvnan, Saml. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 89 
 
 Thomas, Steph. ... 
 
 L.M. 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 D.D., 
 
 765 
 
 Tucker, Jno. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 88 
 
 Thomas, Jno. (3) ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 2/28 
 
 Talbot, W^m. 
 
 Boy 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 3/25 
 
 Thomas, Thos. 
 
 ,, 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 87 
 
 Trapscott, Jno. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 53 
 
 Venning, Nichs. ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 536 
 
 Vials, Wm. 
 
 Cr. Cw. . 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 60 
 
 Velle, Chas. 
 
 A.B. . 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 67 
 
 Videmore, Fred. ... 
 
 »« 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 655 
 
 Vosper, Jos. 
 
 )5 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 , 
 
 .. 21 
 
 A pril 
 
 — 
 
 3/31 
 
 Vincent, Edwd. ... 
 
 Boy . 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 422 
 
 Usher, Fras. 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 21 
 
 April 
 
 — 
 
 135 
 
 Underbill, Geo. ... 
 
 Mar. Dr. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 54 
 
 Walling, Geo. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 — 
 
 76 
 
 Williams. .Jas. 
 
 ,, •. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 
 
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 — 
 
 108 
 
 Wotton, Jno. 
 
 »» ■>• 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 — 
 
 82 
 
 Welsh, Wm. 
 
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 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
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 59 
 
 Wilniot, Richd. ... 
 
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 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 61 
 
 Wilson, Geo. 
 
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 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
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 — 
 
 63 
 
 Wilson, Jas. (1) ... 
 
 Ord. 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 22 
 
 May 
 
 — 
 
 75 
 
 Weldon, Jno. 
 
 L.M. . 
 
 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 .. 15 
 
 July 
 
 — 
 
 207 
 
 White, Wm, 
 
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 . 1 17 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 ,, 
 
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 20 
 
 Wilkinson, Thos. ... 
 
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 — 
 
 
 
 — 
 
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 236
 
 ADMIRAL TYLER. 
 
 JVo, X((ineK. 
 
 I'A Williams, Jno. (8) . 
 
 28 Webbey, Win. ... 
 
 7.1 Watts, Mattw. (1) . 
 
 802 Wells, Peter 
 
 11 Walker, Tlios. 
 
 857 Welsh, Thos. (1) ... 
 
 64 Wark, .Tno. 
 
 81 Woodward, .Tos. ... 
 
 85 AVhituiaii, Jno. 
 
 +14 White, .Tno. (1) ... 
 
 25 Walker, ,Tno. 
 
 47 Williams, Thos. (2). 
 
 75 Witley, .Tno. 
 
 85 Weston, Jno. 
 
 98 White, Jno. (2) ... 
 
 552 Williams, Hgh. ... 
 
 94 White, Jno. (8) ... 
 
 635 Welsh, Thos. 
 
 78 W^illiams, Chas. (1). 
 
 716 Wilson, Jas. (2) ... 
 
 22 Woodman, .Tas. ... 
 
 27 Wilkins, Arn. 
 
 767 Williams, Chs. 
 
 87 Wilson, Thos. 
 
 812 Williams, Thos. (3) 
 
 224 W^allis, Matw. 
 
 38 Williams, Wm. ... 
 
 78 Wilson, AVm. 
 
 87 Walsh, Sampn. ... 
 
 88 Webb, Jno, 
 
 96 Wright, Jno. (1) ... 
 
 126 Williams, Edwd. ... 
 
 .33 Whitaker, Jno. ... 
 
 40 Wilcox, Wm. 
 
 Qitdlity. 
 
 Slim. 
 
 Jkite. 
 
 
 
 L IS. d. 
 
 1807. 
 
 
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 — 
 
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 .. 15 July 
 
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 237
 
 INDEX 
 
 Aboukir Bay, French fleet at, 88, 89 
 
 Aboukir, Fort of, 91, 94. 
 
 Achilb, H.M.S., 121, 13T, 151 
 
 Aajiii/lor, L\ 91 
 
 Admirals'' Journids, reference to, 178, etc. 
 
 Admiralty administration, 35-27 
 
 A']tnn, fireship, 13 
 
 A(/(imi'mnon, H.M.S., 37, 65, 70, 71 
 
 An//^, L\ H.M.S., 7-2-74., 77-79, 82-85; 
 
 loss of, 43, 46, 97-102 
 AJuj; H.M.S., 126 
 Alcesfe, 63 
 
 Alcide, H.M.S., o6, 57 
 Alclmene, H.M.S., 116 
 Ahrf, L\ 89, 90 
 
 Alexander, Emperor of Russia, 114, 168 
 Ahxander, H.M.S., 89, 92 
 Alexandria, Port of, 89, 90, 94, 105 
 Algeciras Bay, French force in, 118 
 AUfesiras, 131 ; killed and wounded on, 
 
 "132, 139, 140, 149 
 Algiers, Corsairs of, 79 
 Alicant, HQ 
 
 Allen, Baugh, 157, 174 
 Allen, J. M. H., 195 
 Allen, James, 157, 173 
 Allen, William, 196 
 Almeida, garrison at, 171 
 American (North) Station, stirring times 
 
 on the, 7-9, 160 
 Amiens, Peace of, 33, 119, 131 
 Amphioii, H.M.S., 54 
 Ancora, 79 
 
 Anson, Admiral Baron, 8 
 Antwerp, 179 
 Appleby, Captain, 12 
 Ardglass, Earl of, 1 
 Arenes, reverse at, 56 
 ArHhtsa, H.M.S., 7, 8 
 Arms, grant of, to Sir Charles Tyler, 
 
 201-203 
 Army, sickness in the, 171 
 ^Irtemisc, !*1, 95 
 Ascension, Island of, capture of, 188 
 
 Astrm, H.M.S., 179 
 
 Attwood, Pym, -25 
 
 Andactons, H.M.S., 96 
 
 Augustus, Prince, 79 
 
 Austerlitz, 180 
 
 Austria, French hostilities opened 
 
 against, 33, 35 
 Austrians, reported victories of the, 46 
 
 Balaguier, Fort, 56 
 
 Balfour, Captain George, 10, 11 ; ser- 
 vices of 13, 14 
 
 Ball, Lieut. -Colonel Arthur Hitchins, 
 R.M., 196, services of, 199 
 
 Baltic, naval operations in the, 112-115, 
 168 
 
 Barjfeur, H.M.S., 4, 6, 7, 165, 169, 170 
 
 Barlow, Captain, 34 
 
 Barrett, Richard, 3 
 
 Barrington, Admiral Samuel. 13 
 
 Barrow, James, 183 
 
 Basque road, 8 
 
 Bastia, 41, 45, 55, 57, 60, 61, 81, 82 
 
 Bayham, Lord, 173 
 
 Bedford, H.M.S., disabled. 65 
 
 Bedford, Captain John, 131, 195 ; ser- 
 vices of, 196 
 
 Bedouins, 89 
 
 Belhus, 3 
 
 Bellerophon, H.M.S., 91, 124, 127, 135 
 
 Bdleisle, H.M.S., 127, 130, 132, 133, 139, 
 150 
 
 Bdlona, H.M.S., 119 
 
 Bennett, Captain Charles, 131, 140, 195; 
 services of, 196 
 
 Bequier, island of, 90, 91 
 
 Bertrand, Count, 185-187 
 
 Bertrand, Madame, 186 
 
 Bervnrk, H.M.S., 37, 6-2; captured by 
 the Frenc-h, 63, 69 
 
 Bickerton, Admiral Sir R. H., 125 
 
 Bieiifaisant, capture of the, 14 
 
 Bingham, Sir George, 187 
 
 Birch, John, 25 
 
 238
 
 INDEX 
 
 Birdwood, John, ^.> 
 
 Blanquet, Admiral, 8!) ; wounded, 92 
 
 Blenhi'im, H.M.S, 67 
 
 Blennerhasset, Commander J. P., 195 ; 
 services of, 198 
 
 Bomhay Cantle, H.M.S., 67 
 
 Bombay Cathedral, monument to Har- 
 dinge's memory erected in, 49 
 
 Bon, Cape, 98, 99 
 
 Booth, George, purser, 143, 195 ; ser- 
 vices of, 199 
 
 Bornholm, 114 
 
 Boscawen, Admiral E., 6; at Louis- 
 burg, 13 
 
 Bostoti, H.M.S., 79, 84-86 
 
 Boston, operations before, 8, 9 
 
 Boston Port Bill. 8 
 
 Boulogne, French force at, \'2Q 
 
 Bounce, Mr., 167 
 
 Bourne, Thomas, 1.50, 154, 195 
 
 Brand, Family of, 3 
 
 Brand, Mr. Speaker, see Hampden, 
 Viscount 
 
 Bread, Admiralty Order re scarcity of, 
 111 
 
 Brest, French fleet at, 36, 180; blockade 
 of, 69, 77, 104-106, 109, 110, 124, 
 blockade raised, 105, 106 
 
 Bridport, Admiral Viscount, 28 ; in com- 
 mand of the American station, 10 ; 
 in command of the Mediterranean 
 fleet, 33, 37-40, 115 ; at San Fiorenzo, 
 44 ; the reduction of Bastia, 45, 60, 
 61 ; operations at Toulon, 55, 56 ; 
 relinquishes command in the Mediter- 
 ranean, 62 ; blockade of Brest, 
 104-106 : congratulates Tyler, 177, 
 178 
 
 Briggs, Lieutenant, 99 
 
 Brisbane, Rear- Admiral Sir Charles, 40, 
 55 ; services of, 55 ; mentioned in 
 despatches, 61 ; before Toulon, 62 
 
 Brisbane, Admiral John, 55 
 
 BrUaunia, H.M.S., 127 
 
 Brltantikui, H.M.S., 11, 15, 16, 44 
 
 Brown, William, 142, 195 
 
 Brueys, Admiral de, death of, 92 
 
 Bruix, Vice-Admiral, 104-107 
 
 Bunker's Hill, battle of, 2, 9 
 
 Buonaparte, see Napoleon 
 
 C. , a sailor, 145 
 
 C, M., account of the battle of the Nile 
 
 by, 89-97 
 Ca ira, disabled, 64-67 ; captured, 66, 
 
 68 
 
 Cadiz, blockade of, 84, 105, 124-126 ; 
 
 raised, 107, 127 ; Court-martial at, 
 
 98, 103 ; Spanish fleet at, 80, 123 ; 
 
 French fleet off, 165 
 Calder, Admiral Sir Robert, 125 
 Calvi, siege and capitulation of French 
 
 fort at, 57, 61 
 Camhr'ian newspaper, obituary notice 
 
 from, 193 
 Camden, Lord, 42, 103, 156, 172, 173, 
 
 177 
 Camperdown, Duncan's victory at, 84 
 Canopas, H.xVLS., 126 
 Cap del Melle, 70 
 Cape of Good Hope, 177-182 
 Capfaiii, H.M.S., 65 
 Carlscrona, Swedish fleet at, 113; pacific 
 
 negotiations with the English, 114 
 Carteau, General, 'M 
 Carter, Sir John, 15.3; death of, 166 
 Carthagena, 8 ; Spanish force at, 82, 
 
 107, 123-125 
 Casabianca, Commodore, 94, 96, 97 ; 
 
 bravery of the son of, 94, 96, 97 
 Casalta, 81 
 Catalona, 176 
 Causand Bay, 108, 123 
 Cawdor, Lord, 121 
 Censfur, 65 ; disabled, 66, 67 
 
 Channel fleet before Brest, 104, 106, 107 
 
 Chapman, H.M.S., 17, 18 
 
 Chapman, John, 196 
 
 Chatham, Earl of, 6 
 
 Chauvelin, French ambassador, 34, 35 
 
 Chesapeake, River, 7 
 
 Chevers, Surgeon Forbes McBean, 143, 
 
 195 ; services of, 199 
 Chihlers, sloop, 34, 117 
 Clarendon, Thomas, 2nd Earl of, 191, 
 
 192 
 Clear, Cape, 106 
 Clement, Captain Benjamin, 131, 132, 
 
 136, 137, 140, 195 ; letter of, 138-142 ; 
 
 services of, 196, 197 
 Clement, Thomas, 142, 196 
 Cleveland, Mr., of Taply, 27 
 Clowes, Sir W. L., Histori/ of the Royal 
 
 Nain/ referred to, 4, 5, 20 
 Clugas,"Mr., 24, 25 
 Clyne. Mr., 158 
 Cockburn, Rear- Admiral Sir R. A., 44, 
 
 185-187 
 Coffin, Sir Isaac, 165 
 Collingwood, Vice-Admiral Cuthbert, 
 
 98,' 124-127 ; tactics of his fleet off 
 
 239
 
 INDEX 
 
 Collingwood, Vk-eAdniiral Cuthbert — 
 Continued : 
 
 Cadiz, 126, 137 ; battle of Trafalgar, 
 
 130, etc. ; letters written by. 145, 
 
 146, 15-2, 166, 167, 175, 176; grief of, 
 
 146 ; leaves the Mediterranean, 166 
 Colosms, H.M.S., 37, 124, 127, 142, 145, 
 
 146, 166 
 Commons, House of, votes of thanks 
 
 for Trafalgar victory, 162 
 Conflans, Admiral, French fleet defeated 
 
 under, 6, 8 
 Conolly, Cornelius, 85 
 Connor, Private, 74, 75 
 Co)i(j)(er(mt, 91 
 Conijmror, H.M.S., 127 
 Convention Redoubt, capture of, 59, 60 
 Cooke, Captain, death of, 146, 150 
 Copenhagen, defeat of Danish fleet at, 
 
 113, 114; English victory at, 54, 114, 
 
 116 
 Cordova, Admiral, defeat of Spanish 
 
 fleet under, 82, 83 
 Corfu, 105 
 Cornhill Magazine, letter from the, 138- 
 
 142 
 Corsica, operations in 43, 56-60 ; accepts 
 
 sovereignty of England, 61 ; French 
 
 designs for recapture of, 80 
 Corsican insurgents, 57, 58 
 Corston, 30 
 Corunna, 85, 86 
 Cotton, Admiral Sir Charles, 164, 168 ; 
 
 Convention with Admiral Seniavin, 
 
 169-172 ; letter to Tyler, 170-172 
 Cottrell House, Glamorgan, 2, 3, 164, 
 
 194; owners of, 191, 191n. ; tradition 
 
 regarding the estate, 191, 192 
 Cottrell, Captain James, 196 ; services 
 
 of, 199, 200 
 Courageux, H.M.S., 66, 67 ; loss of, 82 
 Court-martial of Gerald FitzGerald, 73- 
 
 77, 115 ; re loss of UAiqle, 98-102 
 Croker, John Wilson, 182, '184 
 Cromwell, Lord, 1 
 Crosby, Vice-Admiral, 37, 45 
 Cruse, Lieutenant Robson, 195 ; services 
 
 of, 198 
 Culloden, H. M.S., 10, 11, 13, 14, 82, 90 
 Culverhouse, Lieutenant, Nelson's praise 
 
 of, 53, 54 
 Curtis, Admiral Sir Roger, 98 
 Ci/rlofis, H.M.S., 70 
 
 Dacre Castle, sale of, 3 
 
 Dacre, Lady Anne, 2, 3, 42. 86, 158, 
 160, 173; letters written by, H7, 88, 
 103, 161, 162 ; death of, 161 
 
 Dacre, Lord, portrait of, 173 
 
 DaiKfi, mutiny on the, 110, 111 
 
 Darby, Vice-Admiral George, 15 
 
 Dawson, Lieutenant, 47 
 
 Deal, smugglers at, 21 
 
 Defence, H.M.S., 85, 119, 137 
 
 De Guichen, Admiral, defeat of, 15, 16 
 
 Delby, Captain, 53 
 
 Denmark, reported war with, 45 ; nego- 
 tiations with, 112 ; defiance of Eng- 
 land by, 113 ; fleet in the Baltic, 113 
 
 Derret, Captain, 170 
 
 Des Moulins, batteries destroyed at, .'i5 
 
 De Trogofi", Admiral the Comte, 38 
 
 Diadem, H.M.S., 22,43, 60, 62, 67, 69, 
 70-72 
 
 Diane, La, 96 
 
 Dickinson, Mr., 128 
 
 Dolphin, lugger, 22, 24, 25 
 
 Dommet, Admiral, 177 
 
 Dover, smugglers at, 21 
 
 Dreadnomiht, H.M.S., 124, 125, 127 
 
 Duckworth, Admiral Sir John T., 107, 
 119 
 
 Duff, Captain, death of, 146, 150 
 
 Duke, H.M.S., 8 
 
 Duraanoir, Admiral. 132, 141 
 
 Dumanoir, 141 
 
 Duncan, Viscount, 77, 84, 105 
 
 Dundas, General, 57, 58, 60 
 
 Dmjnesiie, 66 
 
 Dutch fleet, blockade of the, 105 
 
 Egmont, H.M.S., 8, 65 
 
 Egypt, Napoleon's expedition to, 88, 104 
 
 Elba, 58, 81 
 
 Elephant, H.M.S., 109 n. 
 
 Elliot, Admiral Sir George, 13 
 
 Elliot, Sir Gilbert, 61 
 
 Elvas, garrison at. 171 
 
 England, French declare war against, 
 35 ; declaration of war with Spain, 
 80 ; Napoleon's plan for invading. 
 120, 123, 124 ; frustrated, 83 ; army 
 at Puerto St. Maria, 167 ; peace with 
 France, and the United States, 183 
 
 Epron, Capitaine, 49 
 
 Especia, Port, 67 
 
 Enn/alns, H.M.S., 126 
 
 Evans, Surgeon Robert, 195 ; services 
 of, 199 
 
 Evans, Rev. Samuel, 123 
 
 Eveleigh, Captain, 177 
 
 240
 
 INDEX 
 
 Exmouth, Lord, 193 
 
 Fain/, sloop, 29 
 
 Falstaff, 11 
 
 Farina, Cape, 97-102 
 
 Ferrol, Spanish fleet at, 80, 10.5, I2'.i 
 
 Fishguard, 122 
 
 FitzGerald, Lieutenant Gerald, Court- 
 martial of, and its results, 73-77, 11a 
 
 Flora, H.M.S., 72, 79 
 
 Foley, Captain, 109 n 
 
 Folkestone, smugglers at, 21 
 
 Forneille, .57 
 
 Fortitiule, H.M.S., 44, j8 
 
 Fuudroi/anf , 54 
 
 France! the Peace of 1784, 18 ; hostilities 
 opened by, 33-35 ; Republican forces 
 of, 38, 39 ; the Peace of 1814, 113 ; 
 alliance with Spain, 80, 123 ; war 
 declared with Spain, 165 ; army 
 defeated at Saragossa, 167 ; peace 
 with England, 183 
 
 Franklin, Le, 91-94 ; description of, 96 
 
 Frederick, Captain, 67 
 
 Frejus Bay, 108 
 
 Fremantle, Captain, 64 
 
 French fleet, defeated at Quiberon 
 Bay, 6, 8 ; squadron defeated in 
 17.58, 14; defeated in 1781, 15, 16; 
 in the Mediterranean, 33 ; at Brest, 
 36, 69, 77, 104-106, 109, 110, 124, 
 180; strength of, 35, 36, 179, 180; 
 distribution of, .36, 37 ; mutinies in 
 the, 38, 70 ; in Gourjean Bay, 62 ; 
 attac-k on, off Corsica, 64-71 ; at 
 Toulon, 61, 62, 69, 80, 81, 105, 107, 
 108, 180 ; at Cadiz, 84, 105, 124-126 ; 
 battle of the Nile, 88-96 ; escape 
 from Brest, 105 ; tactics off Genoa, 
 106-108 ; in Algeciras Bay, 118, 119 ; 
 battle of Trafalgar, 126, etc. ; after 
 Trafalgar, 179 
 
 French sailors, bravery of, 97 
 
 French signals, 156 
 
 Freya incident, the, 112 
 
 Fm/ueux, 130 
 
 Gale, great, of May, 1800, 109, 110 
 
 Galita, Island of, 98 
 
 Gambler, Admiral, 156, 157 
 
 Ganteaume, Admiral, 70, 94, 166 
 
 Gardner, Sir Alan, 109 
 
 Garrett, Private, 74 
 
 Gell, Rear-Admiral, 37, 44 
 
 Genereu.(; 93, 95, 96 
 
 Genoa, 55, 78, 79, 108 ; blockade of, 45 
 
 Gentilli, 81 
 
 George III., petition to, 9, 10; his 
 
 American policy and its result, 8, 9 
 Gibraltar, H.M.S., 82, 85 
 Gibraltar, relief of, 16, 55, 56 ; action 
 
 near, 119; wounded at, 145, 146 
 Gillet, Citoyen, 93 
 Girgon, General, 185 
 Gladiator, H.M.S., 165 
 Goliath, H. M.S., 96 
 Goodall, Admiral, 45, 73 
 Gourjean Bay, 62 
 Grant, Mr., 53 
 Graves,Vice-Admiral Samuel, service of, 
 
 8 ; and the blockade of Boston, 8, 9 
 Graves, Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas, 113 
 Gravina, Admiral, 38, 40, 127 
 Grymes, Lieutenant, 22 
 Guerrier, Le, 91, 92 
 Guillaume 'Ml, 93, 95, 96 
 Gwynnet, Miss Emilia, 191, 192 
 Gwynnet, Mr., 191 
 
 Hallowell, Captain, 66 
 
 Hamilton, Lady, 115; letter to Tyler, 
 168; a cry.stal presented to Tyler by, 
 204 
 
 Hamond, Captain Andrew Snape, 4, 6, 7 
 
 Hamond, Robert, 6 
 
 Hampden, Viscount, 3 
 
 Hardinge, Caroline, 173 
 
 Hardinge, George, Justice, 41 ; Bio- 
 (/raphiral Memoirs of Geori/e Nicholas 
 JJardiiii/e referred to, 42-53, 173 
 
 Hardinge, Captain George Nicholas, 
 biography and career of, -10-47 ; 
 brilliant naval action of, 47-49 ; death 
 of, 47, 49 ; mommient erected in 
 Bombay Cathedral to, 49 ; presents 
 sent to his father, 49 ; honours 
 bestowed at home. 49 ; monument 
 erected in St. Paul's Cathedral, 50 ; 
 inscription, 50 ; verses by his uncle, 
 51 ; letter to Tyler, 52, 53 
 JJiof/raphical Memoir, see Hardinge, 
 George 
 
 Hardinge, Rev. Harvey, 41 ; receives 
 silver inscribed vase in commemor- 
 ation of his son's gallantry, 49 
 
 Hardy, Sir Thomas Masterman, 40 ; 
 biographical notice of, 53-55 
 
 Hargood, Admiral, Memoir of, quotation 
 from, 132, 133 
 
 Ilariyy, H.M.S., 186 
 
 Harvey, Captain, 151 
 
 Hastings, Marquis of, 193 
 
 241 
 
 H
 
 INDEX 
 
 Hauteur de Grasse, stormine: of, 39, 40 
 
 Haverfordwest, l"2l 
 
 Hawke, Admiral Lord, fi, 8 
 
 Hazard, lugger, capture of, 8.5 
 
 Ilnrcide, 91 
 
 Hfureii-r, 89, 9:}-9,5 
 
 lliherma, H.M.S., 170 
 
 Hoffmann, Captain Frederick, A Sailor 
 of Kim/ Oforqp, references from, 1-28, 
 129, i:"«, IV.i, 114; services of. 19,5, 
 196 
 
 Holland, French hostilities against. .V> 
 
 Holloway, Admiral, 11, 73, 177 
 
 Hood, Admiral, .svv? Bridport, Viscoimt 
 
 Hood, Captain, 78 
 
 Hotham, Vic-e- Admiral Lord William, 
 10, 16, 37, 43, 46, 11.5; in command 
 of the Mediterranean fleet, 62 ; en- 
 gagements with French fleet, 63-7-2 ; 
 letters to Tyler, 10, 11, 1.56. 1.57 
 
 Howe, Lord, (i. 7, 16, -29. 172 
 
 Howick, Viscount, 163 
 
 Huen, Island of, 1 14 
 
 JIt/fena, H.M.S., -28, 104 
 
 Hi/dra, H.M.S., 116, 117 
 
 Hyeres, Bay of, .5(i 
 
 [llanlriDH^, H.M.S., 66, 67 ; wreck of. 69 
 
 fmpetufiii.v, H.M.S., 8.5 
 
 fncotiHta)d, H. M.S.. 61 
 
 India, monument erected to Hardinge's 
 
 memory, 49 
 hidompUdilc, 130 
 Italy, France at war with, 31 
 
 Jackson, Lieutenant. 168 
 
 James' Xaral Ilis/ori/, referred to, 3.5, 66 
 
 Jamestown. 187 
 
 Jeffries, Mr., 1.58 
 
 Jervis. Admiral John, nctf St. Vincent, 
 
 Earl of 
 Johnson, Colonel, 2 
 Jones, Rev.. 163 
 Jnno, H.M.S., 58 
 Junot, Marshal, 171, 17-2 
 Justire, La, 9.5, 96 
 
 Keith, Admiral Lord, 115. 117; off 
 
 Cadiz. 10.5 107 ; at Gibraltar. 107 ; 
 
 off Toulon. 108 
 Kempenfelt. Captain, defeat of French 
 
 squadron by, 1.5. 16 ; wrecked in the 
 
 J'o_i/al (Jeortfff, 16 
 King, Captain. 1.51 
 King, Vice-Admiral, '.i2 
 Kill', brig, 116 
 
 Laforey, Admiral Sir John, 14 
 Langara, Admiral, 38, 80, 81 
 Langdon. Richard. 19.5 
 Las Cases. Count, and his son. 18.5 ; 
 
 Memorial of St. Helena, referred to. 
 
 189, 190 
 Leach. Abraham, 30 
 Leach. Captain. 158 
 Leach, Margaret, .tee Tyler. Margaret 
 Leander, H.M.S.. 92, 96 
 Leghorn, 80 ; Road. 62. 63. 69 
 Lennard. Barbara. 3. 87 
 Lennard, Thomas, see Sussex, Karl of 
 Lennards. the, 17.5 
 Levant, the. 72 
 Leveson-Gower. J.. 29. 30 
 Lenathan, H.M.S.. 127. 142 
 Lewis. Mrs.. 2 
 Linois. Admiral. 118 
 Linsted (Kent). 2, 3 
 
 Linzie, Rear- Admiral Robert, 57, 58, 73 
 U„„, H.M.S.. 179, 181, 182 
 Lisbon fleet. 165 
 Little. James, 195 
 Little, Richard, 196 
 Littlcjohn. Captain, 62 ; death of, 63 
 Lire r pool, H.M.S.. 188 
 Long. Aiuie, nee Tyler, Anne 
 Long, Colonel Charles, 3 n. 
 Longwood (St. Helena), description of, 
 
 185-189 
 Lord Duunui, H.M.S., 125 
 Louis XV^I.. imprisonment and death of, 
 
 33, 34 
 Louis, Rear-Admiral. 85. 126, 127. 1,38 
 Louisburg. 13. 14 
 Low. Sir Hudson. 188 
 Lowe-stoft, H.M.S., 66 
 Lukin, Captain, 104 
 
 Mackintosh of Mackintosh. Mrs.. 191 n 
 Macnamara, a black sailor. 137. 140 
 Magin. Lieutenant William. R.M.. 196 ; 
 
 services of. '200 
 Mai/naii'iine, H.M.S. . (> 
 Ma'gon, Admiral. 139 ; death of. 132, 
 
 136, 140. 1 19 ; sword and snuff-box 
 
 of, 140 n. 
 Mahan, Captain. 84 
 Mahon, Port. 37 
 Mahhtone, H.M.S.. 32 
 Maitland. Lieutenant the Hon.. 117 
 Majestir, H.M.S.. 85 
 Majorca, 37 
 Malahar, H.M.S., 1-25 
 
 242
 
 INDEX 
 
 Malta, 103, 112, llfi, IIT, !?(>, 1?T 
 
 ]\Ianley, Captain, i!) 
 
 IMaiiii. Rcar-Adniiral, ?;} 
 
 Maniiiiifj. Mr., sculptor, .iO, .H 
 
 Mars, H.M.S., li?, i;«), 131. i;}n 
 
 Marseilles, surrender of, ,'5T 
 
 Marsdcn, William, 117 
 
 Marshall, John, 19.5 
 
 Martello Towers, origin of, .)!> 
 
 Martin, Admiral, Ui, 4-6, 62~7l 
 
 Martinet, Citizen, 9,5 
 
 Mediterranean, !«, :?«, 'M, 10.5, lOT, 108 ; 
 balance of naval power in the, 79, SO, 
 S'2 ; abandonment of, by the English 
 fleet, 8:?, 81 ; English recover com- 
 mand of the, 88, etc., 10 1 
 
 Meihnn/, H.M.S., 183, 190 
 
 .\hlm(ln; H.xM.S., 33. 37, 10, li, 11, o3, 
 ,5.5i 61, 70 
 
 Melpomene, (jl 
 
 Melville, Lord, 177 
 
 Merrid-e, ()4, 66, 92-9.5 
 
 Middleton, Charles, H 
 
 Mi</iioinu\ capture of the, (il 
 
 Milford, 30, 121 
 
 Millett, Lieutenant William Smith, lf),5 ; 
 services of, 197 
 
 Muievre, La, sinking of, 13, 11 ; weighed 
 up again and renamed the San Fio- 
 renio, 13, 4-4, 60 
 
 Minorca, .56, 70, 72 
 
 Minotaur, H.M.S., 8.5 
 
 Monarca, 131 
 
 Montalban, French oc-cui)ation of, !il 
 
 Montolon, General Count, 18.5 
 
 Montolon, Madame, 18() 
 
 Montrose, Duke of, 173 
 
 More, Sir John, 171 
 
 Moreau, General, 108 
 
 Morice, Sir C. , .s-ee Pole, Sir C. Morice 
 
 Morris, Captain, 85, 14,5-147, 1,50-153, 
 166, 174 
 
 Mortella Bay, 80, 81 
 
 Mortella Tower, capture of, 57, 58 
 
 Moselle, sloop, 70 
 
 Motard, Adjutant-General, 94 
 
 Motley, Mr.', 152 
 
 Mulgrave, Fort, 56 
 
 Mulgrave, Lord, .39, 10, Kil, 165, KiS, 
 174 
 
 Mimdy, Captain, 118 
 
 Muster Koll of H.M.S. Tonnanl at 
 Trafalgar, 205 2.37 
 
 Miitine brig, 54 
 
 Mutiny, Admiralty memorandum re, 
 110, 111 
 
 Naples, 54. 
 
 Napoleon Buonap.irtp. as an artillery 
 officer, 39 ; successes of, SI ; expedi- 
 tion to Egypt, 88, 104- ; plan for 
 invading England, 120, 123, 124; 
 CoUingwood's description of, 16() ; 
 apartments at Melus prepared for, 
 172 ; naval power after Trafalgar, 179, 
 180; English .sailors' opinion of, 175, 
 176: at St. Helena, 1H.5 lf)0 ; minia- 
 ture of, 204. 
 
 Napoleon at St. Helena, gee Las 
 Cases 
 
 National Convention, 3:}, 62 
 
 Naval affiiirs in 1799, 104, 105 
 
 Naval history between Trafalgar and 
 Waterloo, 180, 181 
 
 Naval officers' entourage, 4, 5 
 
 Naval Service, regulations arising from 
 the FitzGerald Court-martial, 73-77 
 
 Naval strength of England in 17!)3 and 
 1808, 35, ISO ; of France in 1793, 35 ; 
 of Holland, Portugal, Spain, and the 
 two Sicilies in 1793, 36 
 
 Navarino, 72 
 
 Nelson, Admiral Lord, as lieutenant, 13 ; 
 and Hardy's gallant action, 53, 51 : 
 at Bastia, .')'>, 81 ; at Genoa, 5.5, 79, 
 80; loss of an eye, 61 ; in fight off 
 Corsica, d^ ; dec'oys French fleet, 70. 
 71 ; on FitzGerald's Court-martial. 
 73 ; at Porto Ferrajo, 80, 82 ; chased 
 by Cordova, 82;' at Toulon, 88; 
 tracked French fleet to Aboukir Bav, 
 88 : the battle of the Nile. 88-97 ; at 
 Palermo, 10.5 ; the Baltic o})erations, 
 113, 114; at Kevel, 114; off Cadiz, 
 126, 127 ; Battle of Trafalgar, 132, 
 133,139, I()0; his famous signal, 134, 
 139 ; death and funeral of, 50, 'i^i ; 
 public sorrow, 146, 14-7, 155 ; referred 
 to in poem, 51 ; his friendship for 
 Tyler, 115; letter to Tyler, 111, 112 ; 
 and Tyler's son Charles, 116-118; 
 references to Lady Hamilton, 115. 
 16S ; hair of, presented to Tyler by 
 Lady Hamilton, 204 
 
 Nemesis, H.M.S., 79 
 
 Nepean, Evan, SS 
 
 Nepinne, H.M.S., 127 
 
 Nice, French occupation of, 34 
 
 Nile, battle of the, .54, S4, SS-97, l()4, 
 128 
 
 Nion, M., 70 
 
 Noli, Cape, 61 
 
 Nore, nuitiny at the, St 
 
 243
 
 INDEX 
 
 yorfulk, H.M.S., 8 
 
 North, Abraham, 12 
 
 North Ehnham, 1 
 
 North Shields, 17 
 
 Northdown House (Pembroke), 118, 
 
 148, 152, 159 
 Northern Federation, 11-2-115 
 Notes ami Queries, quotation from. Hi, 
 
 145 
 Nova Scotia, 7 
 Xi/mph, H.M.S., 85, 106 
 
 O'Hart's Irish Pedit/rees, 1 
 
 Oldrini, James, 195 
 
 Oneglia, Port of, 34, 35 
 
 Orient, L\ 36, 91-94, 97 
 
 O'Tolairg, see Tyler 
 
 Otway, Admiral Sir R. W., 17-2 
 
 Pain, Captain, 85 
 
 Palermo, 54, 105 
 
 Palin's nistori/oftJie PurisliofStifford, 3 
 
 Pontalario, Island of, 99 
 
 Paoli, General, 57, 58, (il 
 
 Paris, reported revolution in, 46 
 
 Parker, Rear-Admiral Sir Hyde, 37, 45, 
 
 111; operations at San Fiorenzo, 44 ; 
 
 on the Court-martial of FitzGerald, 
 
 73 ; and Tyler, 98 ; the Northern 
 
 Federation, 112-115; in the Baltic, 
 
 114; recalled home, 114 
 Parker, Sir Peter, 104 
 Parry, Rear-Admiral Webley, Memoir 
 
 referred to, 78, 83 
 Patriotic Fund, presentations to officers 
 
 by the, 162 
 Paul, Emperor of Russia, 112 
 Peninsular War, 166, 180 
 Penllyn Castle, 191 
 Peregrine, William, 150, 154, 195 
 Petit-Thonars, Commodore, bravery and 
 
 death of, 97 
 Peuple Soiirerdiiie, Le, 91, 92 
 I'haeton, H.M.S., 85 
 Phelps, Mr., 149, 151 
 Pickle, schooner, 137 
 Piedmuiitaise, La, fight with the San 
 
 Fiorenzo, 47-51 
 Pike, Captain, 30 
 Pike, Mrs., nee Rice, marriage with 
 
 Charles Tyler, 30 
 Pislowski, Captain, 186 
 Pissara, 79 
 
 Pitt, William, .30, .35, 44, 59 
 Plane Island, 97, 98, 100-102 
 Pluton, 131 
 
 Pole, Sir C. Morice, 15, .37, 116 
 Polwhele. Lieutenant Edward Collins, 
 
 195 ; services of, 197 
 Polwhele, Loveday, nee Warren, 197 
 Polwhele, Rev. Richard, J. P., 197 
 Polyphemus, H.M.S., 127 
 Poplewell, Captain, 187 
 Portland, lugger, 22 
 Porto Ferrajo, captured by Nelson, 80, 
 
 82 ; retaken by the French. 81 
 Portugal, French hostilities against, 35 
 Portuguese fleet, 171 
 Postilion, H.M.S., 79 
 Pownall, Mr., 147, 152, 153 
 President, H.M.S., 179 
 Pressgang, 28, 32 
 Preston, H.M.S., 7-9, 16 
 Prince, H.M.S., 98, 125 
 Princess Royal, H.M.S., 73 
 Prize money, 23-25 
 Proselite, bomb ship, 45, 61 
 Prudent, destruction of the, 1 1 
 Prussia, French hostilities against, 35 ; 
 
 peace with, 120 
 Puerto St. Maria, 167 
 Purvis, Admiral, 165 
 
 Queen, H.M.S., 17, 18, 2!) 
 Quiberon Bay, 6, 8, 163, 189 n. 
 
 Ram, Lieutenant, 117 
 Ramsgate, smugglers at, 21 
 Ready, Lieutenant Henry, 195 ; ser- 
 vices of, 197, 198 
 Rees, Jack, 68 
 Regent, Prince, 182, 184 
 Regnin, privateer, 86 
 Reinier, batteries destroyed at, 55 
 Renaudin, Rear-Admiral, 69 
 Revel, 114 
 
 Revenue Service, 18-29, .32 
 Rerolutionaire, H.M.S, 127 
 Rice, Surgeon Andrew, 30 
 Richery, Admiral, 70, 80 
 Robinson, Captain John, 7, S 
 Rochefort, 36, 180 
 Roddam, Admiral, 17 
 Rodney, John, 13 
 Roebuck, H.M.S., 7 
 Romulus, H.M.S.,71 
 Rook, Lieutenant, 2i 
 Rosas Bay, 83, 108 
 Rose, George, 198 
 Rose, Richard, 196 
 Rosily, Admiral, 165 
 Rossetta, 90 
 
 244
 
 INDEX 
 
 Rowley, Admiral, 11 
 
 Royal Geuryc, H.M.S., K), ITT 
 
 Royal Oak', n.'M.S.. 8, 14- 
 
 Royal Soi-ereUfM, H.M.S., l-2.>-l-27, ISO. 
 
 133, 137, 139, U2, U() 
 Riiiller, 89 
 Russia, hostilities against France, 15, 
 
 16T 
 Russian fleet, m the Baltie, 1 13 ; at 
 
 Revel, lU; in the Tagus, lti9 ; 
 
 Convention between Sir C. Cotton 
 
 and Admiral Seniavin, 1()!)-172 
 Ruth, John, 178 
 
 Saliina, La, .53, .ii 
 
 Sablettes, Les, 40 
 
 .S7. Alham, H.M.S., 82 
 
 ,S7. Gf'ort/p, H.M.S., U, :>i, lit, llfi 
 
 St. Helena, Napoleon at, 18.5-190 
 
 St. Julien, Rear-Admiral, 38 
 
 St. Kioge Bay, IKi 
 
 St. Mary's Church, Pembroke, 30, 31 
 
 St. Vincent, defeat of the Spanish fleet 
 
 off, 55, 82-84, 104. 
 St. Vincent, Admiral, the Karl of, 11.5, 
 177 ; in command of the Mediter- 
 ranean fleet, 73, 103; operations of, 
 and retreat from the Mediterranean, 
 78-8-3 ; in the Tagus, 8-2 ; defeat of 
 the Spanish fleet, 82, 83 ; despatches 
 to Nelson, 88, 97, 100 
 Salatnine, 94. 
 
 San Fiorenzo, operations at, 44, .57, j9, 
 
 60; English fleet at, 62, 70, 71; 
 
 English prizes at, 69 ; Admiral Ho- 
 
 tham at, 69 : court-martial at, 73, 11 j 
 
 San Fiorenzo, formerly called La Mlnerre, 
 
 41, 43, 46, 47-ol, 60, 78 
 San Josef, 54 
 San Jiian JVepumureud, 131, 134-l!i9, 119; 
 
 killed and wounded on the, 141 
 San Lea)i.(lru, 130 
 Sandy Hook, 7 
 Sans Culotte, 65, (id 
 Santa Anna, 130 
 Santa Cruz, 54 
 
 Saragossa, Spanish victory at, 167 
 Sardine, H.M.S., 79 
 Sardinia, 33, 35, 71, 78 
 Sartorius, Annabella, nee Rose, 198 
 Sartorius, Major-General Fusion H., 
 
 199 
 Sartorius, Admiral Sir George Rose, 145, 
 
 195 ; services of, 198, 199 
 Sartorius, Colonel J. C, 198 
 
 Sartorius, Major-General Reginald W., 
 199 
 
 Saumarez, Admiral Sir .James, 118 
 
 Saraye, H.M.S., 7 
 
 Savage, Master, l(J 
 
 Savoy, French occupation of, 34, .i5, 81 
 
 Scheldt, 164 
 
 Scorpion, H.M.S., 5i 
 
 Scott, Lieutenant George, 117 
 
 Sea Fencibles, raising of the, 120 
 
 Selvas, Edward, 12 
 
 Semiramis, H.M.S., 178, 179 
 
 Seniavin, Admiral, Convention with Sir 
 C. Cotton, 167, 169-172 
 
 Serecold, Captain Walter, 40, 41, 55, 61 
 
 Seriease, 91 
 
 Sicilies, the Two, 3(), 81 
 
 Simon's Bay, 181, 186, 188 
 
 Smuggling, on, 18-25 
 
 Smyrna, 82 
 
 Snape-Hamond, see Hamond 
 
 Snuff-box, gold, 204 
 
 Soper, Edward, 195 ; services of, 197 
 
 Sound, the, 112, 113 
 
 Spain, war declared with France, 35, 
 165; alliance with France, 80, 123; 
 war declared with England, 80 ; 
 peace with England, 165 ; move- 
 ments of the fleet of, 107, 108 ; state 
 of. at opening of the Peninsular War. 
 175, 176 
 
 Spartel, Cape, 107 
 
 Sixtrfiafe, Le, 91, 141 
 
 Speed ire/l, lugger, 21, 23 
 
 Spenrer, H.M.S., 117 
 
 Spencer, Lord, 87, 103 
 
 Spezzia, 69, 179 
 
 Spider, H.M.S., 22 
 
 Spithead, 109, 111 
 
 Stephens, Philip, 17, 21,22 
 
 Stokes, Lieutenant William Smitii, 195 ; 
 services of, 199 
 
 Stopford. Vice-Admirai, 177, 179 
 
 Strachan, Sir Richard, 141 
 
 Success, H.M.S., 106 
 
 Sussex, Earl of, 3 
 
 Sweden, reported war with England, 45 ; 
 
 fleet in the Baltic, 113 
 Sa-iffsKre, H.M.S., 89, 92 
 
 Symes, Rear-Admiral James, 195 ; ser- 
 vices of, 198 
 
 Table Bay, 179, 181 
 Tagus, River, 82, 169 
 T((mar, H.M.S., 186 
 Tanrred, a Neapolitan ship, 68 
 
 245
 
 INDEX 
 
 T((rl(t()u, sloop, .>j, (ill 
 
 Taylor, .sve Tyler 
 
 Tcnu-ralre, H.M.vS., H?, Hi, IJI 
 
 Teneriffe, expedition to, HI. 
 
 Texel, H.M.S., 77 
 
 Texel, Dutch fleet blockaded in the, 
 10,j ; Napoleon's force at the, h2'.i 
 
 Teynham, Lord, i, .'}, 171 
 
 Thames, H.M.S., 104. 
 
 Thesem, H.M.S., 9,5, 96 
 
 'rhnmUrcr, H.M.S., 126 
 
 Tilsit, Treaty of, 168 
 
 Timokon, 6:J, 9:5, 9j, 96 
 
 Tix'tjthoiK', flreship, '.M 
 
 7'tu//iru(/, H.M.S.. 1, 66, 16:5; c-aptured 
 from the French at the battle of the 
 Nile, 89, 91, 93-96 ; description of, 
 97, 127-129 ; Tyler appointed to the 
 command of, 123. I.i9 ; at blockade 
 of Brest, 124; at Trafalgar, 89. 131 
 14-2, 14,5-147, 189, 194; damaged 
 condition of. 142. 148, lot ; killed 
 and wounded on, 132, 143, 144, 149, 
 1.33 ; prizes of, 131 ; heroic deeds 
 performed by, 148, 149. loo ; at 
 Spithead. 1,52 ; detail of the ammu- 
 nition used at Trafalgar, 200 ; the 
 Trafalgar Roll of the, 195, 196 ; ser- 
 vices of officers on the, 196-200 ; 
 .Muster Roll of. at Trafalgar, 203-237 
 
 Torbay, 108, 109 
 
 Torency Bay, 12,5 
 
 Toulon, operations before, 37, 38, 43-4,5, 
 34-36, 78, 176 ; French fleet at, 61, 
 *32, 69, 80, 81, 103, 107, 108, 180 ; 
 Na})oleon\s expedition to Egypt 
 preparing at, 88 
 
 Trafalgar, battle of. 6, .33. 120. \i(\. 127. 
 129. etc.. 179; music on going into 
 battle, 134 ; prizes abandoned at, 
 141, 149; enemy's casualties, 130; 
 rejoic-ings for the victory of, 162 ; 
 day of thanksgiving, 130 
 
 Trafalgar Medal. '484. 183 
 
 Trafalgar Roll, the, of H. M.S. Tunnant, 
 193, 196, 203-237 
 
 Treeve. Commander John, 193 ; services 
 of, 197 
 
 Trimmer, H.M.S., 18, 21, 28, 29 
 
 Tristan d'Acmiha, 182 
 
 Troubridge, Captain. 71 
 
 Truguct. Admiral. 33 
 
 'I'ubney (15erks), 3 n. 
 
 Tunis, Buy of, 98. 99 
 
 Tunis, <orsairs of, 79 
 
 Tuscany, Grand Duke of, 43, 80 
 
 Turner, Mr., 174 
 
 Tyler Family (of Cottrell), 2 ; Trafalgar 
 trophies in the possession of the, 
 140 n ; articles of interest preserved 
 by the, 204 
 
 Tyler Family (of Linsted), 2 
 
 Tyler, Tyllier. Taylor. Tylor, O'Tolairg, 
 variations and origin of the name 
 of, 1 
 
 Tyler, Annie, /(»> Long, 3 n. 
 
 Tyler, Admiral Sir Charles, parentage 
 of, 2, 3 ; date of birth of, 3 ; child- 
 hood of, ;}, 4 ; enters Navy, 4- ; his 
 Si'rrlrafi referred to, 4, 17 ; referred 
 to as an Irishman. 4. 12!) ; as officer's 
 servant on the /idrffcur, 4—7 ; as 
 midshipman, 7; on the Arcthnxa, 7 ; 
 on the North American Station, 7, 
 etc. ; on the Prcntuu, 7-11, 16; at 
 the blockade of Boston, 8, 9 ; at 
 Bunker's Hill. 9 ; his lameness, 9, 10, 
 160, 193 ; Lord Hotham's friendship 
 for, 10, 1 1 ; as lieutenant on the Ciillo- 
 df)i, 11, 12, 16 ; his certificate with 
 services, 12-14; cruising off Cape 
 Finisterre, 14 ; on the Britannira, 
 13; with squadron which defeated 
 DeGuichen, 13, 16 ; on the Jult/ar, 16 ; 
 at the relief of Gibraltar, 16 ; as com- 
 mander of sloop in the North Sea, 16 ; 
 on the C/ia/imdii, 17, 18; on the 
 (Jiiefii at North Shields. 17, 18; 
 convoy work, 17 ; captured a sloop, 
 17; on the Triinmf-r off Milford 
 Haven engaged in Revenue work, 
 18-27 ; letter to Mr. Stephen, 21, 22 ; 
 captures the Jhilphiti, J'ortlaiid, and 
 J>kiin<iii(l, 22 ; j)rize money, 23, 24, 
 203, 222 ; Admiralty administration, 
 23-27 ; his duties, 27. 28 ; letter from 
 Lord Howe. 29 ; the pressgang, 28, 
 \V2\ correspondence with Mr. Leveson 
 Gower, 29, 30 ; resignation from the 
 Trimmer, 30 ; domestic life, 30 ; 
 marriage with Mrs. Pike, 30; birth 
 of his son Charles. 30 ; death of his 
 wife, 30 ; marriage with Margaret 
 Leach, 30, 31 ; marriage c-ertificate. 
 31 ; family by his second wife, 31 ; 
 on the I'i.siplioiie, 32 ; as post-captain 
 of the JIaidtifone, 32 ; command of 
 the Jle/edi/er in the Mediterranean, 
 33,37,40 ; his activity before Hauteur 
 de Grasse. 40 ; mentioned in des- 
 j)atches, 40 ; as a mentor, 40 ; his 
 distinguished juniors, 40, 41 ; his 
 
 246
 
 INDEX 
 
 Tyler, Admiral Sir CharleH — Conflnufd: 
 character. A-2, 18 ; his influence upon 
 Hardingc, l-i. l.'J, 17, 4-8 ; his wish at 
 Hardiuii-e's death. .)() : o))erations at 
 Toulon, ):} ; raising of La Miiwrrc 
 (afterwards renamed San FiorcHza), 
 11, ()() ; in command of the S<iii 
 Flort'iizo, 41, VA, 60, 78; on the 
 Diadfm, 4S, 4(5, 60, 6-2, 67, 69-72, 7+ ; 
 distinguished services at Corsica, 4S, 
 (iO : his influence upon Hardy, o.i ; 
 at San Fiorenzo, ()2. 71, 72, 79 ; sails 
 for Leg-horn Road, ()2 ; in action off 
 Corsica, ()7-(it) ; cruising near Sar- 
 dinia and Minorca. 71 ; captures 
 prizes, 71 ; sails to the Levant, 72 ; 
 off Toulon, 72, 78; on Ij A if/If., 4H. 
 72-74, 77-79 ; wreck of L\il(f/e on 
 Plane Island, 97 ; Court-martial at 
 Cadiz, 98-102; FitzGerald's Court- 
 martial, 73-77, 11,5; at Genoa, 78; 
 off Sardinia, 78 ; at Trieste, 78 ; 
 services on L'Alf/h, 79, 82 ; off Tunis, 
 79 ; in the Adriatic, 79 ; at Naples, 
 79 : incident off Cape St. Vincent. 
 83, 84 ; joins .lervis's fleet off Lisbon, 
 81; doings off Cape Finisterre, 81, 
 8.5 ; prizes captured by, 86 ; in 
 England, 86, 88, 10.'5 ; carries des- 
 patches to Nelson, 88. 97, 100; 
 capture of Le 'Jomiaiif, 89 ; on the 
 ir«/-y/o;' off Cadiz, 103-10,5; ordered 
 home to refit, 108, lOi) ; movements 
 of, 108, 109 ; at Causand Bav, 108 ; 
 at Torbay, 108, 109 ; at Ushant, 108 ; 
 correspondence with the Admiralty, 
 109, 120-123, 1,59, 1S2, 183; Warrior 
 damaged in great gale of 1800, 109, 
 109 n.; atthe blockadeof Brest. 109, 1 10, 
 124; in home waters. 111; his friend- 
 ship with Nelson, 11,5 117; letters 
 from Nelson, HI, 117, US; Nelson 
 and his son Charles, 1 16-1 18; laments 
 the death of Nelson, 147 ; Lady 
 Hamilton, 11,5, 168; in the Baltic, 
 114; at Revel, HI; in Dantzig Bay, 
 118; off Cork, 118; at Gibraltar, 118; 
 letters to his wife, lis, 147-1,54, 1,57, 
 1,58, 17,3-17,5; ordered to West Indies, 
 119; return to Plymouth, 11!>; quits 
 the Warrior, 119 ■ at Pembroke, 120; 
 raises the Sea Fencibles, 120 ; defence 
 of South Wales, 120-122; on the 
 Tonnant, 89; description of, 12S, 
 129; at the blockade of Cadiz, 124, 
 12.5; letters from Collingwood, 124- 
 
 Tyler, Admiral Sir Charles — Covtinned : 
 126, 1.52, 166, 167, 17.5, 176; CoUing- 
 wood's esteem for, 1 16 ; off the Straits 
 of Gibraltar, 121, 12.5; cruising off 
 Carthagena, 1 2.5 ; v<M-bal portrait of, 
 l)y Lieutenant Hoffmann, 128, 129; 
 at the battle of Trafalgar, 127, etc., 
 I()0; wounded in the thigh, 131, 13,5, 
 139, 141-144, 147, 1.50, 1,56. 160, 176; 
 removed to Gibraltar, 146; descrip- 
 tion of the battle, 127, 129, 131-112 ; 
 music on going into battle, 124; 
 incident in attempting to take a 
 prize, 136-142 ; 'J'oiin<(ii/ damaged, in 
 tow, 141 ; ordered home, 141 ; at 
 Spithead, 147, 1,52, 170; praises 
 heroic deeds on the 'J'oniiniif, 148, 
 149; congratulated by J. Gambier, 
 1,5,5, 1.56 : letters from Lord Camden, 
 1.56, 177; letter from Lord Hotiiam, 
 1,57; visits the Admiralty, 1,57; 
 Trafalgar prize money, 1,57, 20,5, 222 ; 
 pension in respect of wound, 1,59 ; 
 his petition to George III., 160; 
 letter from Lady Dacre, 161, 162; 
 gold medal and sword presented to, 
 1()2 ; letter from Howick, 163; his 
 son George's profession, 163 ; retires 
 from the Toiiiimif, 163 ; as rear- 
 admiral on the (Uddidlor, 164 ; letter 
 from Lord Mulgrave, 161, 16.5 ; joins 
 Lisbon fleet, 16,5 ; on the Barfle/ur 
 off Cadiz, 16,5 ; escorts Russian fleet 
 to Spithead, 169, 170, 176; struck 
 his flag on the JSarfftiir, 170 ; letter 
 from Sir C. Cotton, 170-172; social 
 life on shore, 172-17,5; declined a 
 command at Malta, 176, 177 ; in 
 command at the Cape of Good Hope, 
 177; letters of congratulation, 177, 
 178; on the Semiramis, 178; trans- 
 ferred to the Lion, 179 ; his duties at 
 the Cape, 179 182; vice-admiral of 
 the White, 182, 183, 192; transferred 
 to the Medirai/, 1S3; letter from Mr. 
 Croker, 184 ; Order of the Bath c-on- 
 f'erred on, 184, 192; the Trafalgar 
 Medal, 184, 1S.5; the Trafalgar Roll, 
 19.5, 196 ; relinquishes command at 
 the Cape, 1S.5 ; interesting note re. 
 visit to Longwood. St. Helena, 18,5- 
 1S9 ; Las Cases' Memorial referred to, 
 189, 190; arrival at Spithead, 190; 
 struck his flag on the ^[edwai/, 190 ; 
 retires to Cottrell House, 191 ; letter 
 from William IV., 192, 193; illness 
 
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 Tyler, Admiral Sir Charles — Continued : 
 anddeath, 193 ; funeral, 1 915 ; obituary, 
 193!; inscription tablet to, 194 ; grant 
 of Arms to, 201-203; appointed a 
 Knight Grand Cross, i02, -203 ; inter- 
 esting relics of, 204 ; Muster-roll of 
 H.M.S. Toniiant at Trafalgar, 20,5- 
 23T. 
 
 Tyler, Captain Charles, birth of, 30 ; 
 Nelson's interest in, and intercession 
 for, lie, 117; deserted his ship at 
 Malta, IIG; death of, US 
 
 Tyler, Frances Anne, see Wilder 
 
 Tyler, Francis Henry, 3 
 
 Tyler, Admiral Sir George, services of, 
 163, 182, 186, 189; and the Cottrell 
 Estate, 191, 191 n. 
 
 Tyler, George, 31, 33 
 
 Tyler, George Peter, 3 
 
 Tyler. George William, R.N., 191 n. 
 
 Tyler, Margaret, ix'e Leach, marriage of, 
 30, 31 ; illness of, at Northdown 
 House. 118; letters from her husband, 
 147-1j4, I.jT, 158. 173 IT j ; obituary 
 of, 194 
 
 Tyler, Mary, 3 
 
 Tyler, Captain 
 services of, 2, 
 
 Tyler, Hon Mrs 
 
 Tyler, Roper, 31 
 
 Tyler, William Hardinge, 2 
 
 Tyllier, see Tyler, etc. 
 
 Tylor, Edward, 1 
 
 Tylor, Peter, 1 
 
 U)i!/,\ L\ H.M.S., 79 
 
 United States, hostilities with, 17f», 183 
 
 Ushant, 10.>, 108 
 
 Vado, 108 
 
 Valdez, General, .38 
 
 Vnmianrd, H.M.S. , .Vl, 88 
 
 \'en(feaiire, H.M.S., 10 
 
 Venice, 179 
 
 Ventimiglia, 37 
 
 Vernon, Admiral, 6 ; on snuiggling, 20 
 
 Vernon, Mr., 174 
 
 I 'esUile, 6j 
 
 \'esiir!an, H.M.S., 189 
 
 VUiu'ire, 61 
 
 Peter, biography and 
 3, 4, 9 
 Peter, 2, 3 
 
 Victor]/, H.M.S., 37, 38, 53, 54, 117, 126, 
 127, 132 ; Nelson's signal on board 
 the, 134, 139 
 
 Villa Franca, French occupation of, 34, 
 35 
 
 Villeneuve, Admiral, 82 ; sails from 
 Cadiz, 127, 129; tactics off Trafalgar, 
 129, 130, 138, etc. ; his opinion of the 
 Enghsh, 151 
 
 Vimiera, battle of, 166, 169 
 
 Viper, H.M.S., 22 
 
 Waldegrave, Lieutenant the Hon., 79, 
 
 117 
 Wales (South), defence of, 120, 121 
 Warren, Admiral Sir J. Borlase, 41 
 Warren, Samuel, 197 
 Warrior, H.M.S., 103, 104, 108-111, 
 
 114, 118, 119 
 Waterloo, battle of, 185 
 Webley, Mr., brave action of, 83, 84 
 Wedgwood, Josiah, 154 
 Weir, Dr., 174 
 Wellesley, Sir Arthur, see Wellington, 
 
 Duke of 
 Wellington, Duke of, 165, 172, 175 
 West Indies, 54, 5:1, 119, 124 
 White, Lieutenant Hugh Brice, 195 ; 
 
 services of, 197 
 White, signalman, 143 
 Whitworth, Lord, assassination of, 112 
 Wilder, Frances Anne, nee Tyler, 3 
 Wilder, James, 3 
 Wilderncsse, 173, 175 
 Wilks, Colonel, 187, 188 
 Wilks, Miss, 188 
 Wilks, Mrs., 188 
 William IV., 192, 193, 204 
 Worcester, H.M.S., 8 
 Wounded, sufferings and fortitude of 
 
 the, 97, 142-145 
 
 Xeres, 167 
 
 Yarmouth Roads, 112, 114 
 York, Duke of, 76, 77 
 Yorke, Mr., 176, 177 
 Young, Admiral W., 109, 110 
 
 Zealous, H.M.S., 78, 119 
 Zimbra, Island of, 98, 99 
 
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