1303.] 
the Prince Regent. Weare sorry toadd 
that Mr. J. Read, lieutenant of marines, 
died of his wounds on the 8h of Jannary, 
as did W. Bateman, a private. Our 
whole loss amounts to 1 killed, and 23 
wounded. 
A letter from Captain M. Seymour, of 
the Amethyst, announcesalso the capture 
af Le Niemen, a fine new French frigate, 
of 44 guns, and 319 men, two days from 
Verdun roads, with six months provisions 
and naval stores on board, and bound to 
the Isle of France, commanded by M. 
Dupotet, Captaine de Frigate, a distin- 
guished officer, who defended his ship 
with great ability and resolution. The 
actien lasted from one till half past three 
A.M. on the 6th instant; when the Are- 
thusa appearing in sight, the enemy 
struck— She fell on board us (says 
Capt. S ) once in the contest ; she had 47 
killed and 78 wounded. The main and 
mizen-masts of the Amethyst fell at the 
close of the action. and she had eight kil- 
fed and 39 wounded. 
The Gazette of the 22nd of April con- 
tains a letter from Captain G. Scott, of the 
Horatio, to Sir J. B. Warren, dated Feb. 
19, announcing the ca ture of le Junon 
French frigate, on the 10th, inlat. 12. 50 
Jo, 0a. es 
‘© The enemy’s frigate (says Captain S.) on 
making us out, bore right up beiore the wind 
for ashort time, but very soon hauled up 
again. At three quarters past twelve, we 
met upon different tacks and came to close ac- 
tion, the Heratig wearing under the enemy’s 
stern te get upon the same tack with her. in 
the early part of the action the country lost 
the services of the first Lieutenant Manley 
Hull Dixon, being badly wounded, and not 
long after, 1 am sorry to say, that i recived a 
severe wound in the shoulder by a grape shot, 
which obliged me to quit the deck; however, 
the service did not suffer by that event, as the 
succeeding Lieutenant, the Hon. George 
Douglas, fought the ship through the action 
in the most gallant manncr, which continued 
about one hour and thirty-five minutes. The 
enemy tiaving from the beginning pointed 
their guns high, we were by this time a com- 
plete wreck in our masts, sails, and rigging. 
Notwithstanding the situation the enemy was 
then reduced to, she tried to effect her escape, 
which I knew was impossible, from the state 
of her rigging, and more particularly as at 
that time the Superieur (the brig I before 
mentioned) hailed us, and gave us information 
that the strange sail just seen to ieeward was 
the Latona. On the Latona’s coming within 
gun-shot of the enemy, and giving her a few 
guns, which she returned, and slightly 
wounded a few of the Latona’s men, she im- 
Capture of Two French-Frigates. eT 
mediately brought to on the starboard tack, 
and every mast went by the board. She 
proved to be the French frigate La Junon, of 
forty-four guns, and three hundred and twen- 
ty-three men, commanded by Mons. Augustin 
Rousseau, a member of the Legion of Honour; 
out from the Saints only four days, bound to 
France. 
‘*T now detail the loss and damages sus- 
tained by his Majesty’s ship under my com- 
mand. nS at 
‘© The Horatio has suffered but little in her 
hull, from the reason already given, of the 
enemy’s aiming particularly at our masts and 
rigging, which they eft:cted, having nothing 
else standing but our lower masts, much 
wounded, and completely dismantled, all to 
our foresail, and the rags of our mainsail. 
“* The number OF officers, seamen, and mae 
tines lost on this occasion to their country and 
their friends, are by no means considerable, 
when compared with the dreadful loss of the 
enemy, which I shall hereafter relate. The 
loss on board the Horatio consists of Mr. 
George Gutter, midshipman, and six seamen, 
killed; Mr. Andrew Lock, boatswain, and 
twelve seamen, badly wounded; Lieut. Ri- 
chard Blakeney, of the royal marines, Mr. Ro- 
bert King, master’s mate, six seamen, and 
two marines, slightly wounded. The loss of 
the enemy, as I have before stated, was all 
her lower masts; her hull Lee wonderfully 
cut up, making, in consequence, a great deal 
of water, until the shot-holes were stopped. 
“The Joss of the enemy in killed and 
wounded amounted to one hundred and thirty. 
The captain expired scon after the action from 
the wounds he received.” 
In the House of Lords, on the 21st of 
April, Earl Grey, in amost eloquent and 
argumentative speech of four hours, took 
a retrospect of the conduct of his Majes- 
‘ty’s ministers, which he arraigned in the 
severest terms, and concluded with mo- 
ving, 
*¢ That an humble address be presented to 
his Majesty, expressing to his Majesty an opi- 
nlon,that the disgrace whichattended the expe = 
dition to Spain was in coasequence of the want 
of sufficient information on the part of his Ma- 
jesty’s ministers, witi respect to the state of 
affairs in that country, and their néglect in 
not forming a plan of operations, and of those 
means which alone could have enabled the 
British arms to be of importance to the Spa- 
nise cause.”” 
A long debate ensued, and at sevew 
o'clock in the morning ‘the house di- 
vided— 
Contents. -92 Nat Contents. .145 
Majority against the motion 53 
In the House of Commons on Mon- 
day, April 17th, Lord FoLKEstTone rose 
to submit the motion he had given no- 
tice 
