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gilist, was playing at tennis, in St. 
Martin’s-street, Haymarket, the ball 
‘rebounding w ith great force, struck 
him in the eye, and forced it out of 
the socket. 
27th. In the court of King’s 
Bench, Phillips and Shipman, two 
sailors, who had conspired with 
others, falsely to accuse their cap- 
tain of the murder of his appren- 
_ tice at Demarara (for which he was 
tried and acquitted) were brought up 
-for judgment; one of them having 
added perjury to his. conspiracy, 
the sentence of the court upon them 
was, **’That Richard Shipman should 
be imprisoned in the House of Cor- 
rection, Cold Bath Fields, for two 
years, during which time he shall 
stand in and upon the pillory for 
ene hour. That Benjamin Phillips 
do suffer the same sentence for the- 
conspiracy ; and for the perjury, be 
imprisoned one month in Newgate, 
and then be transported, beyond the 
»seas, for the term of seven years.” 
28th. The account of a most gal- 
Jant action was communicated in the 
following letter to Admiral Colpoys, 
by captain Maitland, of his Majes- 
iy s ship, the Loire. 
“ Loire, off L’Isle de Bas. 
<¢ Sir, 
“cy have the pleasure of inform- 
ing you, that, last night, three of the 
boats of his. majesty’s ship Loire, 
commanded by lieutenants Temple 
and Bowen, in a most gallant man- 
ner boarded, and, after a very severe 
conflict of nearly ten minutes on 
her deck, carried the national brig 
Venteux, bearing four long 18. 
pounders, and six 36-pound brass 
farronades, commanded by Mons. 
Montfort, lieutenant de Vaisseau, 
lying close under the batteries of 
the Isle of Bas. When it is consi- 
dered that the Venteux, perfectly 
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prepared, manned with eighty-two 
men, all of whom-were upon deck, 
and covered with very heavy batte- 
ries, was opposed to the crews of 
two of our boats, (as the third, from 
rowing heavy, did not get up till the 
brig was completely taken possession 
of), I feel confident that you will 
view it in the light I do, as one of 
those brilliant exploits which add 
lustre to the British arms, of which, 
though so many instances occurred 
during the late war, no one has 
before been happy enough to have 
thrown in his way during the pre- 
sent. The success of Mr. Temple’s 
daring attempt speaks sufficiently for 
his conduct, and that of every one 
under his command, to render it su- 
perfluous for me to enter into any 
eulogium on the present occasion. 
Mr. Bridges has served his time, and 
passed for lieutenant nearly a year ; 
of whose conduct Mr. Temple 
speaks in the highest terms, toge- 
ther with that of every officer and 
man under his command. I am very 
sorry to add, that the loss, on our 
side, is rather’ heavy, as Mr. 
M’Guire, the boatswain, is also so 
severely wounded, as to render him 
incapable of doing his duty for a 
considerable time. Four seamen 
and a marine are also badly wound- 
ed, two of the seamen, I fear, past 
recovery. The Venteux had. her 
second captain and two seamen 
killed; the captain, with four offi- 
cers (all she had), and eight seamen, 
wounded. She was stationed at the 
Isle of Bas to guard the coast, and 
regulate the convoys of stores, &c. 
bound to Brest; is a vessel of large 
‘dimensions, being seventy-four feet 
long, and twenty-four wide, and 
perfectly in a condition immedi. 
ately to be employed. 
“Lam, &c. I’. Maitland.” 
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