tions of the other captains, officers, seamen, and marines, thus mentions Lord Cochrane" I cannot speak in sufficient terms of admiration and applause of the vigorous and gallant attack made by Lord Cochrane upon the French line-of-battle ships which were on shore, as well as of his judicious manner of approaching them, and placing his ship in the position most advantageous to annoy the enemy and preserve his own ship, which could not be exceeded by any feat of valour hitherto achieved by the British navy.'

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Previous to the attack, there were eleven ships of the line and four frigates in Aix Roads. During the attack, four had been destroyed, viz. the Ville de Varsovie, 80; Tonnérre, 74; Aquilon, 74; and Calcutta, 56. Three were on shore under Fouras, three under Madame, and one in the river. L'Indienne frigate was on shore near Isle d'Enet, on her beam-ends, and another under Isle Madame. The prisoners amounted to between four and five hundred. The loss of the British was only 10 killed and 38 wounded. The Imperieuse, Lord Cochrane's ship, of this number had 1. killed and 13 wounded.

BAYNTUN, Capt. H. W. See JAMAICA STATION, June 30, 1803; and TRAFALGAR, 1805.

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BAZELY, John, vice-admiral of the red gentleman, descended from a respectable family, ver, in the county of Kent, in March 1740-1. menced his naval career in April 1755, and first embarked under Captain, afterwards Sir Joshua Rowley, in the Ambuscade, of 40 guns. He served from 1756 until April 1760, in different ships, under the command of Sir Edward Hughes, when he received a lieutenant's commission. On the 22d of September 1777, an opportunity occurred of signalizing himself, and which gave promise of his future promotion. He commanded the Alert cutter, of 10 guns and as many swivels, and 60 men, when he brought to action an American brig privateer. It commenced at half-past seven a. m. and was maintained with great gallantry till ten, when the American, availing herself of the disabled state of the cutter, attempted to escape; but Lieut. Bazely's alacrity soon put the Alert in a condition to pursue the enemy, and at half-past one p. m. she came up with her, and renewed the action. In half an hour the enemy struck, and proved to be the Lexington, of 16 guns, 12 swivels, and 84 men, 7 of whom were killed and 11 wounded. The Alert had but 2 killed and 3 wounded. The Alert was registered as a sloop of war, and Lieut. Bazely made master and commander. In April 1778, he was made post-captain, in the Formidable, of 90 guns, the flag-ship of the late Sir Hugh Palliser, in the fleet under the command of the late Adm. Keppel. Capt. Bazely was consequently in the memorable action off Brest, and his ship had a greater number of killed and wounded than any other in the fleet; the former being 16 and the latter 49. Capt. Bazely was appointed to the command of the Pegasus, of 28 guns; and on the 8th of January 1780, was in Adm. Rodney's fleet, when, after a chase of a few hours, they captured the whole of a Spanish convoy from St. Sebastian, bound to Cadiz, laden with naval stores, provisions, &c. under the escort of seven ships and vessels of war, belonging to the Royal Caraccas Company. On the 16th of the same month, the English fleet discovered that of Spain off Cape St. Vincent, consisting of thirteen ships, under the command of Don Juan de Langara. A chase

A chase and running fight ensued, when seven of the enemy's ships were taken or destroyed.

After this action, Capt. Bazely sailed with Adm. Rodney to the relief of Gibraltar, and thence to the West Indies, and was present at the defeat of the French squadron, commanded by the Count de Guichen. Capt. Bazely was sent home with the admiral's dispatches, announcing this glorious victory. He was then appointed to the Apollo frigate, and afterwards to the Amphion, 32, in which he continued serving in America during the war. On the 10th of September 1781, having a small squadron under his command, in conjunction with Gen. Arnold, he completely destroyed the town of New London, together with several magazines full of stores, and all the vessels that were in the harbour.

On the return of peace, Capt. Bazely was appointed to the command of the Alfred, of 74 guns, a guard-ship, stationed at Chatham. In this ship also he was in the ever-memorable engagement of the 1st of June 1794. The Alfred being paid off, he was appointed to the Blenheim, 98, and was under Adm. Lord Hotham, in his last action during his lordship's command on the Mediter ranean station, after the arrival of the fleet at St. Fiorenzo bay, in the month of July.

On the 1st of June, in the same year, Capt. Bazely was made rear-admiral of the white squadron, and, by subsequent promotions, vice-admiral of the red. He died at Dover, on the 6th of April 1809, aged 69.

BEAVER, Capt. Phil. See TRAFALGAR, ISLE OF FRANCE, and JAVA.

BERBICE, colony of, in the West-Indies, D.; surrendered without resistance to the British forces, on the 2d of May 1796. It was ceded at the peace of Amiens, March 27, 1802; but was again surrendered to his Majesty's land and naval forces, under the command of Gen. Grinfield and Com. Hood, on the 23d of September 1803. The ships employed on this service were the Heureux, 16, L. O. Bland; the Alligator, 28; Netley (sch.), 14; and Brilliant transport.

BERESFORD, Capt. Sir J. P. See AMERICAN STATION, May 17, 1795; and Oct. 18, 1812.

BERRY, Capt. Sir Edward, Knt. was born in the year 1766, and was the son of a respectable London merchant, who dying before he had realized an adequate provision for a large family, the subject of this memoir was fortunate in commencing his nautical career about the year 1779, under the auspices of the late Lord Mulgrave, who had received part of his education under his uncle, the Rev. Mr. Titus Berry of Norwich. He made his first voyage to the East Indies, in the Burford, of 70 guns. During the time that Lord Spencer presided at the Admiralty, he distinguished himself by spiritedly boarding a ship of war, which had been grappled, and for which he was rewarded with a lieutenant's commission. On June 1, 1794, his intrepidity obtained the approbation of his superior officers. He served under Lord Nelson as first lieutenant, in the Captain, on the memorable 14th of February 1797. He was the first man who jumped into the mizen-chains of the San Nicholas, and assisted Lord Nelson into the main-chains of the San Josef. He acquitted himself with so much ability and spirit in this important encounter, as to endear him to his superior officers, and more particularly to his gallant commodore. În the

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course of the year 1797 he was made post, and went to court with his friend Sir Horatio Nelson. When his Majesty was condoling with that hero on the loss of his arm, Sir Horatio pointed to Capt. Berry, observing, that he had still his right arm left.

In 1798, Capt. Berry was appointed to the Vanguard, Adm. Nelson's flag-ship. He displayed his abilities and gallantry in the action of the Nile. When Nelson was wounded in the head, Capt. Berry caught him in his arms, and caused him to be immediately conveyed to the cockpit. When L'Orient took fire, to his humanity and promptitude in dispatching the boats, upwards of seventy Frenchmen were indebted for their lives.

Capt. Berry was sent to England, with the official dispatches, in the Leander, of 50 guns, Capt. Thompson. In her passage, she fell in with a French ship (Le Genereux) of very superior force, which she engaged with for several hours before she struck her colours. It was a most sanguinary action. Capt. Berry found at one time six of the ship's company fall around him; and at the same moment, he received a wound from part of a man's skull, which penetrated through his arm. On his return to England, the honour of knighthood was conferred upon him; the Corporation of London having previously voted him their thanks, and the freedom of the city.

Shortly after this period, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, in the Foudroyant, of 80 guns, Lord Nelson's flag-ship, proceeded to the Mediterranean. After landing his lordship at Sicily, the Foudroyant was subsequently stationed off Malta, with a squadron of ships of war, under the command of Capt. Manley Dixon. She bore a conspicuous part in the sanguinary action which took place between the Penelope, Capt. Blackwood, the Lion, Capt. Dixon, and Le Guillaume Tell, of 86 guns, and one thousand men, Rear-Adm. Decrés (the only remaining ship of the French fleet which had escaped from the battle of the Nile), and which, after a most determined and brave defence, becoming a mere log, struck her colours. Sir Edward Berry was slightly wounded, but did not quit the deck. the course of this engagement, the Foudroyant expended 162 barrels of gunpowder, 1200 thirty-two-pound shot, 1240 twenty-fourpound ditto, 100 eighteen-pound ditto, and 200 twelve-pound ditto. Her total loss was 8 k. and 61 w. She was greatly damaged.

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In the summer of 1805, Sir Edward was appointed to the Agamemnon, of 64 guns, in which ship he was present at the battle of Trafalgar. In the succeeding action, October 21, the Agamemnon bore a part: she had 2 k. and 7 w. Sir Edw. was made rear-admiral of the blue in 1821, and of the white May 27, 1825. See MEDITERRANEAN STATION, August 18, 1798; NILE; TRAFALGAR; and LEEWARD ISLAND STATION, March 24, 1806.

BERKELEY, Adm. Hon. Geo. Cranfield, was of an ancient and honourable family, and born in August 1753. In 1766 he embarked in the naval career under his relation, Adm. Keppel. He afterwards went in the Guernsey, of 50 guns, under Com. Palliser, then governor of Newfoundland. He then went to the Mediterranean, and was under Capt. Jervis, the late Earl St. Vincent, and his conduct was such as procured him the promotion of lieutenant in 1772. He was in the action, under his relative Adm. Keppel, fought with D'Orvilliers, on July 27, 1778. He distinguished himself in 1779, by his activity on the Channel Station; and in 1780 on the Newfoundland one, by the capture of

nine sail of privateers, of equal force to the ship which he commanded, so much so, that the admiral made him post into the Vestal frigate, of 28 guns. In 1781, he signalized himself likewise, at the relief of Gibraltar, by destroying two of the gun-boats under the fortress of Ceuta. In 1782, he was appointed to the Recovery, of 32 guns, and sailed on a cruise with Adm. Barrington. For his conduct in the action with the French fleet, which took place April 20 in the same year, he was promoted to the command of the Pagase. In 1794, he commanded the Marlborough, of 74 guns, to which two of the enemy's ships struck; Capt. Berkeley being most dangerously wounded in the head and leg, and compelled to quit the quarter-deck. He was afterwards appointed colonel of marines, and was one of the very few officers honoured with the medal of merit. In 1798, he was appointed to command a corps of seafencibles, for the protection of the coast of Sussex. On February 14, 1799, he was promoted to be rear-admiral of the blue; on January 1, 1801, rear-admiral of the white; on April 23, 1804, to that of rear-admiral of the red; in 1804, appointed to the chief command of the sea-fencibles on the coast of England; November 9, 1805, made vice of the white; in 1806, appointed commanderin-chief at Halifax ; in 1808, made vice of the red; July 31, 1810, admiral of the blue; February 2, 1813, he was appointed an extra knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath; June 4, 1814, made admiral of the white; and January 2, 1815, appointed knight grand cross. He died in the early part of 1818.

BERTIE, Rear-Adm. Thos. Hoar, was the son of G. Hoar, Esq. of Middleton Era, in the county of Durham, and was born July 3, 1758. After receiving an appropriate education for his intended profession, he entered, about the month of October 1773, on board the Seahorse, Capt. Farmer. In this ship his acquaintance began with Nelson and Troubridge, which was cemented by a friendship that continued during their lives. After being three years and a half in the East Indies, he was removed from the Seahorse to the Salisbury, in Madras Roads. He returned to England in 1778, and on May 21 was made a lieutenant. He then joined the Monarch, of 74 guns, Capt. (afterwards Sir Joshua) Rowley. Whilst belonging to this ship, he introduced the life-buoy into the service. On July 27, the Monarch led the van division in the encounter with the French squadron, under the Comte D'Orvilliers, off Ushant, and had 2 men k. and 9 w. On July 6, 1779, he was in the Suffolk, Rear-Adm. Rowley, in Adm. Byron's action with the Comte D'Estaign, off Grenada. On December 18 and 19, he was engaged in two boat actions off Martinique, in which he distinguished himself by his skill and bravery. In 1780 he was removed, with Adm. Rowley's flag, to the Conqueror, and was in Rodney's successive actions with De Guichen on April 17, and May 15 and 19. In June he removed, with Adm. Rowley's flag, into the Terrible, and in July into the Princess Royal, of 90 guns. From July 1780, till August 10, 1782, Lieut. Hoar accompanied Adm. Rowley as his aide-de-camp, or own lieutenant, and was with him in different ships. He was then made a commander into the Duc d'Estitac (slp.), of 16 guns, which ship was paid off on August 7, 1783, at the conclusion of the American war.

On May 20, 1788, he married Miss Bertie, daughter of Peregrine Bertie, Esq. of Low-Layton, Essex (of the late Duke of Ancaster's family), whose name he assumed. On November 22,

1790, he was made a post-captain, and appointed to the Leda; but the dispute with Spain being arranged, he was not called upon again till September 1795, when he was appointed to the Hindostan, of 54 guns, and was in the unfortunate expedition to the West Indies, commanded by Adm. Christian. Having returned from the West Indies in consequence of the yellow fever, after his recovery he was appointed to the Braakel, of 54 guns, on March 29, 1797. On August 13 he was appointed to the Ruby, of 64 guns; and immediately on the death of Capt. Burges, of the Ardent, who was killed in Lord Duncan's memorable action off Camperdown, on October 11, Capt. Bertie was appointed to the command of that ship, at the Nore. While in this command he effected an improvement on the forty-two pounder carronades, belonging to the Ardent's main-deck, which was generally adopted some years afterwards for that description of ordnance. Capt. Bertie conceived that the inclined plane of the carriage was in a contrary direction to what it ought to be, being within-board instead of without. This he altered, by depressing the stole of the carriage two inches, which caused it to be worked and run out with a smaller number of men, viz. four, without any exertion or difficulty; it likewise checked the recoil, and necessarily added to the force of the shot. On March 10, 1799, having been directed to put himself under the orders of Lord Duncan, Capt. Bertie was employed in the blockade of the Texel fleet, until the expedition to Holland took place. Relating to this expedition, Capt. Bertie some time afterwards received a letter from Lord Nelson, in which, after congratulations upon the success in Holland, and a fervent hope for peace through their joint exertions, his lordship says" To say the truth, I am most heartily tired of the war; for our allies have, in so many instances, played us foul, that they are not to be trusted. Austria I fear in particular."

In the month of April 1800, Lord Duncan struck his flag; and Capt. Bertie, who still retained the command of the Ardent, was placed under the orders of Adm. Dickson. A misunderstanding arose this year between the British and Danish governments, in consequence of the latter resisting the right of British ships of war to examine neutral vessels. Lord Whitworth was dispatched August 9 to the court of Denmark to demand an explanation on the subject, accompanied by a fleet, under the command of Adm. Dickson, to be prepared for the alternative of peace or war. The court of Denmark having acquiesced in all the demands of that of Britain, the fleet returned on September 14. Capt. Bertie, on February 28, 1801, received orders to hoist Sir Hyde Parker's flag in the Ardent, and to place himself under his command. On March 12, Sir Hyde's flag was removed into the London, in Yarmouth Roads; and Capt. Bertie sailed with the expedition to Copenhagen. In this battle, which commenced a little after nine a. m., and continued till half-past two p. m. Capt. Bertie particularly distinguished himself, compelling four sail of the Danish flotilla, large and small, to strike to the Ardent, which had also been engaged with the Lunette Quintus. On this occasion the Ardent expended 2464 cartridges, and 2693 shot, of different descriptions: she had 130 men k. and w. and was severely damaged.

Humane as brave, when the Danneborg, the ship of the Danish commodore, Fischer, who had quitted her some time before, was on fire, Capt. Bertie sent an officer in the launch, to save as many of her crew as possible. The captain of the Danneborg, named

Bramme,