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mind is at peace.” The result of this en- 
Baxement is well known to have been the 
destruction of the French Fleet. The Mino- 
taur, Captain Louis’s Ship, sustained a loss 
of 23 killedand 64 wounded, and he, in com- 
mon with the other Captains of the fleet, ‘re= 
ceived the thanks of Parliameat, accompa- 
panted by a gold medal, emblemacical of the 
victory, and was presented with a sword by 
the City of London. In the summer of 
1799,Admiral Nelson, being still in the Medi- 
terrsnean,arl St. Vincent dispatched Captains 
Louis andTrowbridge to take possession of the 
Roman territory,and having entered into arti- 
cles of capitulation, with the French Gene- 
ral Grenier, a detachment of 200 Seamen 
and Marines was landed from the Minotaur 
and Culloden for the pur:ose of taking pos- 
session of Civita* Vecchia, Cornatto, and 
Tolfa; whilst Captain Louis, and General 
Bouchard proceeded to take possession of 
Rome on the same terms. For this service 
Captain Louis was aftecwards presented with 
the Insignia of the Sicilian Order of St. Fer- 
dinand and of Merit. During the remainder 
of the war, he continued in the Mediterra- 
nean, and onthe unfortunate destruction of 
the Queen Charlotte in 1800, had the honour 
of receiving the flag of Lord Keith on board 
the Minotaur, and in the Spring of 1801, 
was still farther gratified by his Lordship’s 
Selecting him for the service on the coast of 
Egypt. On peace taking place in 1802, 
Capzain Louis returned to England, and re-jred 
during that season of temporary rest on half 
Pay; but as the principles on which the 
French Government acted precluded so de- 
Sirable a state of things as peace might have 
afforded, at the commencement of the present 
war, his services were again called for, and he 
was appointed to the Conqueror, a new 
74; in Which he continued till his: pro- 
motion to the rank of Kear Ad- 
miral of the White, which took place 
on the 23d of April, 1804. He then hoisted 
his flag in the Leopard of 50 guns, and com- 
manded on the Boulogne Station during the 
whole of that year. In March 1805, Lord 
Nelson then going tothe Mediterranean, par- 
ticularly applied for Admiral Louis to serve 
under him, and he wasaccordingly appointed 
to the Canopus of Se guns, one of the prizes 
cf the battle of the Nile. He accompanied 
Lord Neison in the arduous task of chasing 
the French Fleet to the West Iidies and back, 
after which he was detached by his Lordship, 
on a particular service, to Tetuan Bay, with 
aeven sail of the line. To this absence of 
Admiral Louis from the main fleet, has gene- 
rally been attributed the inducement of Ad- 
miral Villeneuve’s venturingout from Ca- 
diz, a circumstance to which we are indebted 
for the victory of Trafalgar, the most bril- 
liant that ever graced the naval annals of 
this country. ' However cisappointed Admi- 
ral Louis might be in not sharing the glorious 
honoursof that day, yetit was insome measure 
Account of the late Rear-Admiral Louis. 
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made up to him, when in returning fromthe 
Mediterranean he fell in with Admiral Sir 
John Duckworth who having received intel- 
ligence of a French fleet being in the West 
Indies took our gallant officer under his com- 
mand and pursued them. He had the good 
fortune to come up with them off the Town 
of St. Damingo on the 6th of February, 
1826, and never was victory more complete 
or decisive. For the share which Admiral 
Louis bore in the action of St. Domingo he 
received the thanks of both houses of parlia- 
ment, and was presented by the committee 
of the Patriotic Fund with a vase valued at 
Zool. with an appropriate inscription. His 
Majesty was also pleased to confer on him 
the dignity of a Baronet, and to allow him 
the privilege of having supporters to his ar- 
morial bearings. After performing the ser- 
vice above mentioned in the West Inaies, he 
returned to his station in the Mediterranean, 
where he remained for some time, and then 
came to Englawd, where he was making prepa- 
rations for a secret expedition, when the news 
arrived of a French squadron, in which was 
Jerome Bonaparte,beiag on its return toFurope 
from the West Indices. In consequence of this 
intelligence the military farce of the expe- 
dition was debarked, and Sir Thomas Louis 
in the Canopus, with ten other ships of the 
line, put to sea early in September, with 
the view of intercepting the French Squadron, 
and duiing this cruise captured the Eaemy’s 
frigate, the President, of q4guns Jn Octoe 
ber he joined Lord Collingwood before Cadiz, 
and was afterwards detached under Sir John 
Duckworth on the expedition which ended so 
unfortunately. in the Dardanelles. On the 
return of Admiral Duckworth, Sir Thomas 
Louis was left with the British naval foree 
before Alexandria, after that city was taken 
possession of by General Fraser, Whilst on 
this station he was seized with a complaint tn 
his bowels, which terminated fatally: on the 
16th of May he was on shore walking, and 
complained of a little pain. On his return on 
board he ate his dinn r beartily,and felt much 
relieved, but unfortunately about four the 
next morning he was again attacked, when 
it appeared that an inflammation of the biwe 
els tai taken place,which in the course of the 
day produced mortification, and he died about 
ten in the evening of the r7th of May. His 
remains were sent to Milta to be interred 
near those of General Abercrombie. Sir Tho- 
mas Louis married carly in life a Miss Bel- 
fieid, by whom he hes left four sonsaad three 
daughters. His eldest son, now Sir jon 
Louis, is a Post Captain in the Navy, and 
his youngest son, Charles Belficld Louis, is 
studying in the Naval Academy at Ports- 
mouth. He was an active and courageous 
otficer, and his characer will be best appre= 
ciated from areview of the actionsin which 
he was engaged ; in all of which he acquit- 
ted himself with courage, humanity, abie 
lity, and integrity. } 
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