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the quarter-deck, when I had I'e- 

 ceived a wound which obliged me 

 to quit it ; and also that of that 

 good and zealous officer, lieute- 

 nant Pascoe, late of the Daring, 

 who commanded the midship guns 

 on the main deck; Mr. John 

 Bogue, late purser of the Thais 

 (invalided), received a mortal 

 wound below, after having been 

 before wounded on the quarter- 

 deck. 



When I have the misfortune to 

 stale such a severe loss, I trust it 

 will be clear every person must 

 have done his duty. I feel most 

 grateful to my gallant officers and 

 crew, as well as the supernumera- 

 ries late belonging to the Daring, 

 for their cool, steady, and perse- 

 vering conduct, which was worthy 

 the utmost success ; but the su- 

 perior force of the enemy, (she 

 carrying on her main deck heavy 

 French twenty-four pounders,) the 

 considerable quantity of gold dust 

 we have on board, as well as the 

 certainty of the other frigate com- 

 ing up, would have prevented me 

 seeking a renewal of the action, if 

 it had not been totally impracti- 

 cable. 



I should not omit to mention 

 to their lordships, the admirable 

 conduct of Mr. De Mayne, the 

 master, who placed the ship so 

 ably at the commencement of the 

 action, and his unremitting assi- 

 duity till the enemy kept away. 

 My most grateful thanks are due 

 to lieut. Simpson, of marines> and 

 John Colman, the purser, who 

 exerted themselves to the utmost, 

 as well as Mr. Saunders, of the 

 African corps. Having received 

 the greatest assistance from lieut, 

 Uceve, invalided from his majes- 



ty's sloop Kangaroo, who was . 

 wounded more than once during 

 the action, I have appointed him 

 to act as first lieutenant of the 

 ship. Mr. Samuel Umfreville, 

 master's mate, a deserving and 

 valuable officer, as second, and 

 Mr. Edward Robinson, master'* 

 mate, who has received a severe 

 wound, as tliird. 



The crippled state of the ship, 

 and deplorable condition of the 

 wounded, having rendered the ob- 

 ject for which 1 sailed from Sierra 

 Leone abortive, having every rea- 

 son to conclude that the state of 

 the enemy must have been such 

 as to have greatly foiled him in his 

 intended operations, being much 

 cut up about his hull, I thought 

 myself justified in not remaining 

 on the coast, and therefore pro- 

 ceeded with the intention of touch- 

 ing at Madeira or the western 

 islands, for refreshments for the 

 sick, which the badness of the 

 weather prevented, and arrived 

 here this day. 



I must not omit to report to 

 their lordships the high sense I en- 

 tertain of the humane and skilful 

 attention of Mr. Williamson, sur- 

 geon, and Mr. Burke, assistant,^ 

 as also that of Mr. Stewart, late 

 assistant-surgeon of the Daring, 

 to the wounded, since this sangui- 

 nary conflict. 



I should also state, that although 

 our numbers were apparently 

 strong at the commencement of 

 the action, yet from the length of 

 time we had been on the coast, 

 and much reduced by sickness, 

 we had barely our complement 

 fit for duty, and they much ener- 

 vated. 



Herewith I transmit a list of the 



