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Jt became necessary to put the 

 heads of both ships off shore, as 

 well from the apprehension of 

 grounding,as togetthem clearfrom 

 a battery which had been firing at 

 both of us during- the whole ac- 

 tion, those on shore not being able, 

 from the darkness, to distinguish 

 one from the other, fortunately 

 the tide set us round the point, 

 and we anchored soon afterwards 

 in Vauville Bay, in order to secure 

 our masts as well as we were able. 



The prize proves to be L'Etoile 

 French frigate, mounting 44 guns, 

 28 18-pounders on the main deck, 

 and the remainder carronades, 

 with a complement of 320 men , 

 she was commanded by Monsieur 

 Henry Pierre Philibert, Capitaine 

 de frigate, who was returning, 

 together with La Sultane (the 

 other frigate,) from a four months' 

 cruise to the westward. L'Etoile 

 is a very fine frigate, quite new, 

 and sails well ; she lost in the 

 action 40 killed, and had upwards 

 of 70 wounded ; her masts which 

 remained are shot through, and 

 her hull extremely shattered, hav- 

 ing four feet water in her hold at 

 the time she surrendered. We 

 are also a good deal cut up, several 

 of our guns dismounted, and I 

 have to regret the loss of some 

 brave men, 1.3 killed and 25 

 wounded, some of them, I fear, 

 dangerously. Amongst the former 

 was a most promising young gen- 

 tleman, Mr. P. A. Crawley, mi<f- 

 shipman, who fell unhappily early 

 in the action. 



I cannot. Sir, sufficiently ex- 

 press to you how much I have to 

 admire in the conduct of every 

 one whom I had the pleasure to 

 command upon this occasion. I' 

 be? most earnestly to recommend 



Vol,. r.VL 



Mr. R. M. Jackson, the Senior 

 Lieutenant; as also to give my 

 best testimony to the exertions of 

 the junior Lieutenants, Messrs. 

 Addis and Cocks, together with 

 Lieuts. Griffith and M'Laughlin, 

 of the marines. To Mr. M'Gowan, 

 the master, I am much indebted 

 for the skin and care with which 

 he conducted the steerage of the 

 shi]) during a period of much 

 difficulty and peril. Mr. Maddox, 

 the purser, very handsomely vo- 

 lunteered his attendance on deck, 

 where he rendered good services. 



I cannot close this letter with- 

 out observing, that I derived the 

 greatest assistance from the pro- 

 fessional ability of Captain Wil- 

 liam Sargent of the navy, who 

 was serving on board with me as a 

 volunteer. 



Herewith, Sir, jou have lists of 

 the killed and wounded; and I' 

 notice with great pleasure the care 

 and attention of Mr. Boyter, sur- 

 geori, not only towards our own 

 men, butto those of the enemy also. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) Edm. Palmer, 



Captain of his Majesty's 

 ship Hebrus. 



[Here follows a list of 13 killed, 

 including a midshipman, P. A. 

 Crawley, and 25 wounded. The 

 prize L'Etoile had 40 killed and 

 71 wounded.] 



Admiralty-office, July 2.3, 



Copy of a Letter from Captain 



Hillyar, of his Majesty's ship 



Phoebe, to John Wilson Croker, 



Esq. dated in 



Valparaiso Bay, March 30. 

 Sir, — -I have the honour to ac- 

 quaint you, for the information of 

 the Lords Commissioners of the 



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