It may seem unnecessary to comment upon this day's success; but it would not be doing justice to the great merit of Lord Nelson, were the correspondence to be omitted which took place between his lordship and the prince royal of Denmark near the end of the battle, and which originated on the part of the noble viceadmiral. Commenced as it was by him in the moment of victory, it did him the highest honour; and, through him, his admiring country.

SENT BY A FLAG OF TRUCE.

"On board the Elephant, off Copenhagen, April 2, 1801. "Lord Nelson has directions to spare Denmark when no longer resisting; but if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, Lord Nelson will be obliged to set on fire all the floating batteries he has taken, without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them. NELSON & BRONTE.

"To the Brothers of Englishmen, the Danes."

NOTE FROM THE SHORE.

"His royal highness the Prince Royal of Denmark has sent Adjutant-Gen. Lindholm on board his Britannic Majesty's ship Elephant, Lord Nelson, to ask the particular object of sending the flag of truce."

ANSWER.

"Lord Nelson's object in sending the flag of truce was humanity; he therefore consents that hostilities shall cease, and that the wounded Danes may be taken on shore. Lord Nelson will take his prisoners out of the vessels, and burn or carry off his prizes as he shall think fit. Lord Nelson, with humble duty to his royal highness the Prince of Denmark, will consider this the greatest victory he ever gained, if it may be the cause of a happy reconciliation and union between his most gracious sovereign and his majesty the King of Denmark."

In consequence of this magnanimous offer, negotiations were set on foot, which terminated in an armistice for fourteen weeks, and finally in a total cessation of hostilities, upon the terms mentioned in the convention inserted hereafter among the treaties of peace.

Subsequently to the battle off Copenhagen, the king was pleased to confer on Vice-Adm. Lord Nelson the dignity of a viscount of Great Britain; and on Rear-Adm. T. Graves, that of a knight of the most honourable Order of the Bath. The latter was, by command of his majesty, invested with the order by the hands of Lord Nelson, on board the St. George, in Kioge Bay, near Copenhagen, June 14; and we cannot conclude with more propriety than in the words of his lordship upon that occasion." I hope that these honours conferred upon you will prove to the officers in the service, that a strict perseverance in the pursuit of glorious actions, and the imitation of your brave and laudable conduct, will ever ensure them the favours and reward of our most gracious sovereign, and the thanks and gratitude of our country."

This great achievement having been so successfully accomplished, Sir Hyde Parker and Lord Nelson, leaving the most disabled ships off Copenhagen, proceeded with the rest to combat the Swedes and Russians. On April 19 the fleet arrived off Carlscrona, where the Swedish squadron lay, consisting of several sail of the line, and six large frigates, moored under the protection of strong batteries. A flag of truce was immediately dispatched by the Dart sloop, and an answer returned by his Swedish majesty on the 22d of a hostile

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nature; but on the 23d the face of affairs became changed by the arrival of pacific overtures from Russia, in consequence of the unexpected death of Paul I. So soon as this was testified to the English admirals, all hostilities were suspended, and the fleet returned to Kioge Bay. See NELSON.

CORBET, Capt. J. killed. See MEDITERRANEAN STATION, April 28, 1804; CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, and EAST INDIA STATIONS, Sept 12, 1810.

CORNWALLIS, Hon. Adm. Wm. This veteran commander was the son of Charles, the fifth lord, and first earl, and was born in the year 1744. He received his professional education in what is called the old school, under the auspices of Boscawen and Saunders. He went first to America, on board the Newark, in the fleet commanded by Adm. Boscawen; from which ship he removed to the Kingston, Capt. Parry, and was at the capture of Louisbourgh, in 1758. He returned to Europe in March 1759, and was.removed to the Dunkirk, Capt. Digby, in which ship he was in the engagement between the fleet under the command of Sir Edward Hawke, and that of the French, commanded by Mons. Conflans, which took place on November 20, and was crowned with a glorious victory. On December 27, 1760, he was removed to the Neptune, on board which ship Adm. Saunders's flag was flying. On April 5, 1761, he was appointed lieutenant into the Thunderer, Capt. Proby, and was in the action which took place off Cadiz, between that ship, the Modeste, and Thetis, and the French ships Achilles and Bouffon, which were captured: the Thunderer had 17 killed and 113 wounded. In July 1762 Lieut. Cornwallis was made master and commander, and appointed to the Wasp (slp.); on October 14 he was removed to the Swift, in which ship he continued until April 1765, when he was made post captain, and appointed to the Prince Edward, in which ship he remained until the month of May 1766, when she was paid off. Peace did not divert him long from his professional pursuits, for he hoisted his flag on board the Guadaloupe in September 1766. He continued employed, except at very short intervals, during the whole of the peace, commanding different ships on the West India station and in Europe. In the year 1778, when France joined the revolted colonies, Capt. Cornwallis commanded the Lion, of 64 guns, and was attached to the ill-fated squadron under the orders of Adm. Byron. In the partial action between the British fleet, under Adm. Byron, and that of the French, under Count d'Estaing, which took place off Grenada on July 9, 1779, the Lion had 21 killed and 30. wounded, was much damaged in her masts and rigging, and nearly disabled. Capt. Cornwallis arrived safe at Jamaica, where he remained under Adm. Parker; but had not been long before an opportunity occurred of signalizing himself. In cruising off Monte Christi, with a squadron under his command, consisting of his own ship, the Lion, 64; Bristol, 50, Parker; and Janus,

44, Lieut. Stevens, on April 20, 1780, he fell in with a French squadron, consisting of three ships of 74 guns each, one of 64, and a frigate, commanded by Mons. La Motte Piquet. The enemy, notwithstanding their great superiority, and having the advantage of out-sailing the British, commenced a distant cannonade at about five in the afternoon, which was continued at intervals till the morning; the firing then lasted several hours, and was renewed on the morning of the 22d, when the British squadron was joined by

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the Ruby, of 64 guns, the Niger and Pomona frigates, which accession of strength did not put it upon an equality with the French. Monsieur La Motte Piquet however gave up the contest, and pushed for Cape François. During this unequal contest the French seem to have directed their attention principally to the rigging, as only 12 men were killed and wounded in the British squadron. Shortly after this action the Lion returned to Europe, and in June 1781, Capt. Cornwallis was appointed to command the Canada, of 74 guns, in which ship he rejoined the fleet on the West India station. He distinguished himself in the action which took place on January 25, 1782, between the fleet under the command of Sir Samuel Hood and that under Count de Grasse, in Basseterre Road, St. Christopher's. Capt. Cornwallis was in the glorious action of April 12, 1782, which added considerably to the laurels he had already obtained. The Canada was in the centre division, and so warmly engaged, that she was almost unrigged, afterwards hanging on the quarter of the French admiral before he struck, and then pursuing the flying enemy at the close of the day.

In January 1783, Capt. Cornwallis was appointed to the Ganges, and in March the same year to the Royal Charlotte yacht, which command he retained until October 1787. This it may be said was the only interval of repose he had enjoyed since his entrance into the service, a period of more than thirty years. After commanding the Robust for a short time, in 1787, Capt. Cornwallis hoisted his broad pendant on board the Crown, in October 1788, and was appointed commander-in-chief of the squadron in the East Indies. During his command in India, the commodore is said to have economized the public expences in such a degree, as to keep his whole squadron for nearly the same sum as what it had formerly cost to maintain a single ship. In 1791, the commodore returned to England, and on February 1, 1793, was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral of the white; in May 1794, he was made vice-admiral of the blue; and in December he hoisted his flag on board the Royal Sovereign. On June 16, 1795, having under his command a squadron of five ships of the line and two frigates, he fell in with a French squadron off the Penmarks, of thirteen sail of the line, fourteen frigates, two brigs, and a cutter. Notwithstanding this great superiority on the side of the French, they avoided coming into close action, and after keeping up a teasing fire at intervals during the whole of the 17th, they tacked, and stood from the British before sunset. A promotion taking place in this month, Adm. Cornwallis became viceadmiral of the red, and in 1796 was appointed to command on the West India Station; he was also in this year appointed by his majesty to the rank of rear-admiral of Great Britain. During the Royal Sovereign's passage to the West Indies, a gale of wind so disabled her, that the admiral thought it necessary to return to England. The lords of the Admiralty made it the subject of a courtmartial; the admiral was honourably acquitted, and shortly after, at his own request, struck his flag. On February 14, 1799, he was promoted to the rank of admiral of the blue, and in February 1801 hoisted his flag on board the Ville de Paris, as commander-in-chief of the Channel fleet. Upon the renewal of the war in May 1803, Adm. Cornwallis hoisted his flag on board the Dreadnought, and cruised off Ushant; on July 9, he shifted his flag to the Ville de Paris, as commander-in-chief of the Channel fleet; on April 23, 1804, he was made admiral of the white, and on November 9, 1805,

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admiral of the red; he continued in the command of the Channel fleet until February 22, 1806, when he was succeeded by Lord St. Vincent. On May 14, 1814, he was appointed vice-admiral of Great Britain, in the room of Lord Bridport, deceased; and on January 8, 1815, he was constituted a knight grand cross of the first class of the Order of the Bath. The admiral at length closed a long and glorious life, in the service of his country, at Newlands, near Southampton, in the 76th year of his age. See HOME STATION, June 16, 1795, and April 17, 1796.

CORSICA. The British fleet, on January 24, 1794, set sail from its rendezvous in the Bay of Hieres, having for the object of its expedition to dislodge the enemy from Bastia, St. Fiorenzo, and Calvi, in the island of Corsica. An attack was first made upon St. Fiorenzo and the posts which defended it, with a view to gain the undisturbed possession of the gulf of St. Fiorenzo, for the British navy in the Mediterranean. The military force destined for this purpose was commanded by Lieut.-Gen. David Dundas, and Adm. Lord Hood was commander-in-chief of the fleet. The town of St. Fiorenzo was evacuated by the enemy on February 19, the strong posts on the western side of the gulf having been previously taken; but not without repeated attacks and the most arduous perseverance. The town and citadel of Bastia, with the several forts upon the heights, surrendered May 22, 1794, upon an honourable capitulation, to the British forces, after having been besieged from April 4. Calvi surrendered upon similar conditions, August 10, 1794, after a siege of fifty-one days. It was here that the brave Capt. W. Serocold was killed by a grape-shot.

The Republican forces were by this event driven out of Corsica. The British retained possession until October 1797, when the enemy having succeeded in establishing very powerful reinforcements, the island was found untenable, and evacuated. The ships which shared in the reduction of this island were as follow: ST. FIORENZO: -Alcide, 74, Com. R. Linzee, Capt. J. Woodley; Aurora,; Captain, 74, S. Reeve; Egmont, 74, A. Dickson; Fortitude, 74, W. Young, B; L'Impérieuse, 40, W. Wolseley, B & C ; Le Jean Bart (gunboat), B & C ; Juno, 32, S. Hood; Meleager, 32, C. Tyler; Princess Royal, 98, Rear-Adm. S. G. Goodall, Capt. J. C. Purvis, B; Romulus, 36, J. Sutton; Rose (cut.), B, St. George, 98, Rear-Adm. Gell, Capt. T. Foley; and Victory, 100, Adm. Lord Hood, Capt. J. N. Inglefield, and Capt. J. Knight, B & C. BASTIA:-Agamemnon, 74, H. Nelson; Cyclops, 28, D. Gould; L'Eclair, 20, G. H. Towry; Fox, (cut.), C; Gorgon, 44, J. Wallis; Illustrious, 74, T. L. Frederick; Modeste, 40, T. B. Martin; Nemesis, 28, S. H. Linzee; Proselyte, 24, ; Sincere, 18, C; and Swallow (cut.), C. CALVI:-L'Aigle, 36, S. Hood; L'Aimable, 32, Sir H. Burrard, bart.; Dido, 28, Sir C. Hamilton, bart.; Dolphin (hired ship), 44, Lieut. R. Retalick; Lowestoffe, 32, B. Hallowell; La Lutine, 32, and Sincerity (cut.). See HOOD, Lord.

The letters B and C denote Bastia and Calvi: the ships to whose names they are affixed shared also in the reduction of those places. COTTON, Adm. Sir Chas. the third son of Sir John Hynde Cotton, bart. of Madingly and Landwade, in Cambridgeshire, was born in June 1753, and educated at Westminster school, in which, on leaving it in 1770, he had attained the highest form. He first embarked in an East Indiaman, in which he made one voyage to

India. On his return, he was, on October 24, 1772, removed into the Deal Castle, Capt. Cumming, under the express auspices of the late Earl of Sandwich, a particular friend of his father, and at that time first lord of the Admiralty. In 1775 he went to America as acting lieutenant in the Niger, Capt. Talbot; and on April 29, 1777, he was confirmed a lieutenant by Adm. Lord Howe, and appointed to the Vigilant floating battery, Capt. John Henry. În the Vigilant, he was employed on the rivers Delaware and Chesapeake, in the arduous duty of protecting the landing of troops, &c. On October 27, 1778, he joined the Ardent, then the flag-ship of Adm. Gambier, by whom he was promoted to the rank of commander, in the Grampus, on April 3, 1779; and on August 10 he received his commission as post captain for the Boyne. On April 21 he was appointed to the Alarm, which was one of the repeating frigates in Adm. Rodney's actions of April 12, 1782. On March 1, 1793, he was appointed to the Majestic; and in Lord Howe's ac tion of June 1, he had his station second astern of the Royal George. He was in the Mars, of 74 guns, which was one of Adm. Cornwal lis's squadron of five ships that in June effected the most masterly retreat from an immensely superior force of the enemy. On February 20, 1797, he was made rear-admiral of the blue; on April 29, 1802, vice of the blue; and in December 1806 he was commander-in-chief on the Newfoundland station, and afterwards in the Mediterranean. On February 23, 1812, an attack of apoplexy, at Stoke House, near Plymouth, terminated his life at the age of fifty-eight, thirty-eight of which, with very short intervals, had been devoted to the service of his country.

COURTNEY, Capt. killed. See AMERICAN STATION, NORTH and SOUTH, July 31, 1793.

CUMBY, Capt. See ST. DOMINGO.

CUMING, Rear-Adm. William, was a native of Totness in Devonshire, went to sea at an early age, and after having served twenty-three years as a midshipman and lieutenant, was made a commander in 1795. In 1796 he commanded the Alliance storeship, attached to the Mediterranean fleet, and as a reward for his services on that station, was posted by Earl St. Vincent into his own flag-ship, the Victory, of 100 guns; his post commission bears date October 13, 1797. In January 1801 he obtained the command of the Russell, 74, and soon after accompanied the expedition sent against Copenhagen, where he assisted at the capture and destruction of the Danish line of defence, on the glorious 2d of April. He was afterwards employed off Cadiz, under the orders of Sir James Saumarez, and this circumstance gave origin to a friendship which continued until he drew his last breath. On the renewal of hostilities, Capt. Cuming was appointed to the Prince of Wales, a second rate, bearing the flag of Sir Robert Calder, with whom he continued until that officer struck his flag in the autumn of 1805. During the remainder of the war he commanded in succession the Isis, of 50 guns, Sampson, 64, and Bombay, 74: the latter was employed in the blockade of Toulon. He was nominated a C. B. in 1815, and advanced to the rank of rear-admiral July 19, 1821. He died in 1824.

CURACOA, island of, in the West Indies, D. surrendered, after having claimed the protection of his Britannic majesty, to the Nereide, 36, Capt. Fr. Watkins, September 12, 1800. It was ceded to the Dutch at the peace of Amiens, March 27, 1802; but was re

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