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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



her. She proves (o be the Dutch 

 national brig Atalante, capt. Carp, 

 mounting 16 long 12 pounders, and 

 had on board 76 men. — She is one 

 of the largest brigs in the Dutch na- 

 Ty, is a rcmarka)}!}- iine vessel, and, 

 in my opinion, admirably calculated 

 for his Majesty's service." 



Killed and lenunded — Scorpion, 

 lieut. Bluett; Mr. William's, masior; 

 Mr. Jones, midshipman ; J. Wilkin- 

 son (badly) and li. Tucker, seamen, 

 ■wounded. — Beaver, none killed or 

 Tvoundcd. — Atalante. capt. Carp, and 

 3 seamen, killed. First lieutenant, 

 3 officers, and 8 seamen, wounded. 



Admiral Thornborongh, in his in- 

 troductory letter, observes, that the 

 Dutch captain refused quarter, and 

 fell in defence of his brig. — TheDu tch 

 pilot and purser were liberated, and ' 

 sent on shore with the effects of the 

 captain, in consequence of the gal- 

 lant conduct of the latter.* 



12th. The anniversary of the literary 

 fund, an institution which docs equal 

 honurto the heart and understanding 

 of Englishmen, was this dav kept at 

 thecrownandanchortavern. Strand ; 

 Lord Pelhani in the chair. A fter {he 

 cloth was removed, the usual toasts, 

 the king, ihe queen, and royal fa- 

 mily, were given from the chair, and 

 received with the most ardent enthu- 

 siasm. The noble president tlien in- 

 formed the meeting, that he should 

 take the liberty of proposing his roy- 

 al highness the prince of Wales as a 

 subscriber to the institution. The 

 proposal was received with unbound- 

 ed applause. His lordship next ob- 

 served, that, as tlie proposal he had 

 the honour to make had been re- 

 ceived so kindly, he wished to add 

 to it, that his royal highness had in- 



structed him to propose a subscrip- 

 tion on his part of 1001, (incrcwcd 

 and prolonged plaudits.) liis lord- 

 ship, considering this unanimous ap- 

 plause on the part of the meeting as 

 an unequivocal approbation of what 

 he had announced, thought it proper 

 to add, that he had moreover lo pro- 

 pose, that his royal highness be re- 

 ceived as the patron of the institu- 

 tion. The plaudits were here re- 

 doubled, and the health of liis royal 

 highness was drunk with three times 

 three, as ])atron of the institution. 

 The recitations, as usual, formed a 

 principal part of the literary amuse- 

 ment of the evening; they were by 

 Mr. Fil/.gerald, Mr. Pye, and Mr. 

 Kett. The leading sentiments in 

 these were strongly and happily ap- 

 plied to i\\c present times, and as 

 such were marked with very distin- 

 guished apjilaose: more particularly 

 a passage in which Mr. Fitzgerald 

 contrasted the condition of a tyrant 

 and an usurper with that of a legi- 

 timate and beloved sovereign. The 

 lines of Mr. Ketfs poem which made 

 the strongest imprej^sion, were those 

 which called up to the recollection 

 of the meeting the various virtues 

 of Lord Moira; more particul;frly 

 his unbounded benevolence towards 

 the French emigrants. — The ordina- 

 ry business of the institution was 

 then transacted, and the meeting 

 closed with the utmost unanimity and 

 satisfaction. 



At the Westminster sessions Mary 

 Edwards, and Mary Anne Edwards, 

 mother and daughter, were indicted 

 for feloniously stealing a quantity of 

 wearing apparel, the property of 

 Mr. Rogers, of Manchester-build- 

 ings, Westminster. It appeared, that 



Vide an admirable letter of captain Hardinge to his father on this capture, in 

 the Appendix to the Chronicle. 



on 



