Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II

John Ross

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MEMOIRS
AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF
ADMIRAL
LORD DE SAUMAREZ.
FROM
ORIGINAL PAPERS IN POSSESSION OF THE FAMILY.BY SIR JOHN ROSS, C.B. K.S.A. K.C.S. F.R.A.S.
CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1838.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY,
Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
[Pg v]CONTENTS
OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I.
News of the Battles of the 6th and 12th of July reach England.—Rejoicings on
the occasion, particularly described in a letter from Mrs. Saumarez.—Promotion
of Lieutenant Dumaresq.—Letters from Earl St. Vincent, Mr. Tucker, and
others.—Remarks on the conduct of the Governor and Garrison at Gibraltar.—State of the crew of the Cæsar.—Ship refitted.—Appointments of officers to the
St. Antoine, and other vacancies.—Correspondence with the Spanish Governor
at Cadiz on the subject of red-hot balls.—Accusation refuted.—Letters from
Lord Keith, Sir John Warren, and Captain Dixon.—Squadron off Cadiz
reinforced.—Sir James resumes the blockade of Cadiz.—His proceedings.—
Remarks on the result of the two Actions.
CHAPTER II.
Despatches arrive from England.—Sir James superseded by Sir Charles Morice
Pole.—Remarks and correspondence on the subject.—The St. George and four
sail of the line arrive.—Blockade of Cadiz.—Sir James continues as second in
command.—His appointments not confirmed.—Injustice of his treatment.—
Letters from various persons.—The Cæsar arrives at Gibraltar. [Pg vi]
CHAPTER III.
Preliminaries of peace.—Sir James created a Knight of the Bath.—Remarks on
that Order.—Ceremony of investiture.—Action of the Pasley and Rosario.—Sir
James receives the thanks of both Houses of Parliament.—Speeches of Earl St.
Vincent, Lord Nelson, and Mr. Pitt.—The freedom of the city of London,—and a
sword.—Address from Guernsey and Jersey.—Silver vases.—Inscriptions
thereon.
CHAPTER IV.
Sir James disappointed in not returning home.—Extract of a letter to his
brother.—The French send ships to the West Indies.—Squadron detached after
them.—Death of General O'Hara.—Sir James receives orders to superintend
the evacuation of Minorca.—Arrival of H.R.H. Duke of Kent.—Sir James arrives
at Minorca.—Definitive treaty of peace.—Proceedings there.—Island given up
to Spain.—The Cæsar arrives at Gibraltar.—Proceeds to England.—Anchors at
Spithead.
CHAPTER V.
Commencement of Hostilities with France.—Sir James hoists his Flag at
Sheerness.—Proceeds to Guernsey.—Flag in the Grampus.—Anecdote of
Captain Caulfield.—Sir James visits Jersey, &c.—Diomede arrives as Flag ship.
—The Admiral examines the Defence of the Island.—Loss of La Minerve.—
Attack and Bombardment of Granville.—Cerberus gets aground.—Narrow
Escape from a Shot.—Public and Private Letters.—Blockade of the Coast.—
Loss of the Shannon and Grappler.—Conclusion of 1803.
[Pg vii]CHAPTER VI.
Sir James continues in the command at Guernsey.—Proceedings of his
Squadron.—Letter from Lord Nelson, dated two days before he was killed.—
Capture and destruction of La Salamandre.—Sir James's benevolent conduct
at Guernsey.
CHAPTER VII.Sir James is called into active service.—Joins the Channel Fleet as second in
command.—Shifts his Flag from the San Josef to the Prince of Wales.—His
decisive conduct.—Anecdote of the Prince of Wales' Men.—Change of Ministry.
—Sir James leaves the Channel Fleet, and returns to Guernsey.—Is offered the
Command in the East Indies.—Letter on that occasion.
CHAPTER VIII.
State of Affairs in Sweden.—Alarm of the King.—Sir James selected to
command the Baltic Fleet.—Correspondence with Lord Mulgrave.—Sir John
Moore's Expedition.—Arrives at Gothenburg.—Capture and destruction of a
Danish seventy-four.—Sir John Moore goes to Stockholm.—Is arrested, and
escapes.—Expedition returns to England.—Disposition of the Fleet.—Sir James
proceeds to Carlscrona.—Rescue of Romana's Army.—Sir James proceeds to
the Gulf of Finland.—Capture and Destruction of the Russian seventy-four,
Sewolod.—The combined Swedish and English Fleet off Baltic Port.—
Reconnoitres the Russian Fleet in the harbour, and determines to attack them.
—Prevented by change of winds.—Proceeding off Baltic Port.—Letter to the
Emperor of Russia.—Fleet returns to Carlscrona.
[Pg viii]CHAPTER IX
Sir James at Carlscrona.—Arrangements.—Author left in Sweden.—Letter from
the Swedish Admiral.—Sir James leaves Carlscrona.—Arrives at Gothenburg.—
Makes arrangements for the protection of the Trade.—Leaves Rear Admiral
Keats in Command.—His departure from Sweden, and arrival in the Downs.—
Proceeds to the Admiralty, and receives their Lordships' high approbation.—
Proceedings of the Fleet.—Revolution in Sweden.—Sir James reappointed to
the command in the Baltic.—His correspondence with Mr. Foster.—Official
notice of the Duke of Sudermania being elected King of Sweden.—He confers
upon Sir James the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword.
CHAPTER X.
Blockade of the Russian fleet.—Swedes' expedition, under Admiral Puké and
General Wachtmeister, sails,—is unsuccessful. Private correspondence with
Mr. Foster.—Armistice and Peace with Russia.—Peace with Denmark.—
Proceedings of the Fleet.—State of affairs in Sweden.—Fleet returns to
Carlscrona, and subsequently to England.
CHAPTER XI.
Sir James's third year in the command of the Baltic Fleet. Proceeds to
Gothenburg and Havre.—Correspondence with Mr. Foster, Admiral
Krusenstjerna, and others.—Swedes shut their ports.—Death of the Crown
Prince.—Murder of Count Fersen.—Restrictions of the Swedish commerce.—
Sir James's judicious conduct in that and in several disputes.—Election of
Bernadotte, and his entry into Sweden.—Correspondence on the subject.—Sir [Pg ix]
James returns to England, and receives the approbation of the government and
the nation.
CHAPTER XII.Buonaparte declares he will conquer a "Maritime Peace."—Illness of George III.
—Prince of Wales Regent.—Sir James obtains leave of absence.—The Victory
sent to Lisbon with troops.—Attack on Anholt.—Gallant defence of the garrison.
—Sir James continues in the Baltic at the request of ministers.—Letters
respecting Anholt.—Letters from the Duke of Brunswick and answers thereto.—
Arrival in Sweden of Sir James.—Letters to Mr. Yorke and Admiral Reynolds.—
Negotiations on the sequestration of English ships at Carlscrona.—Conference
with Baron Tawast.—Written document from the Baron unsatisfactory.—Letter
from the Admiralty.—Sir James remonstrates with the Swedish Government.—
Evasive answer.—Further correspondence.—Value of sequestered property.—
Capture of two Danish privateers.—Gallant conduct of Lieut. St. Clair and Mr.
Purcell.—Determination of Russia not to accede to the terms of France.—The
Crown Prince places implicit confidence in Sir James.—Arrival of Mr. Thornton.
—He is smuggled into the city of Gothenburg.—Amicable confirmation of the
Ghent treaty.—Situation of the fleet.—Sir James's letter.R