der of my men employed in removing the prisoners, with difficulty saved themselves, by jumping into a boat that was lying on her booms, as she went down. Four men, of the thirteen mentioned, were so fortunate as to gain the fore-top, and were afterwards taken off by the boats. Previous to her going down, four of her men took to her stern boat, that had been much damaged during the action, who, I sincerely hope, reached the shore in safety; but from the heavy sea running at that time, the shattered state of the boat, and the difficulty of landing on the coast, I am fearful they were lost. I have not been able to ascertain from her officers the exact number killed. Captain Peake and four men were found dead on board. The master, one midshipman, carpenter, and captain's clerk, and twenty-nine seamen were wounded; most of them very severely, three of whom died of their wounds, after being removed, and nine drowned. Our loss was trifling in comparison, John Place, killed, Samuel Coulsan, and John Dalrymple, slightly wounded; George Coffin and Lewis Todd, severely burnt by the explosion of a cartridge. Todd survived only a few days. Our rigging and sails were much cut. One shot through the fore mast: and the bowsprit slightly injured. Our hull received little or no damage. At the time I brought the Peacock to action, the L'Espiegle (the brig mentioned as being at anchor) mounting sixteen two-and-thirty-pound carronades and two long nines, lay about six miles within shore of me, and could plainly see the whole of the action. Apprehensive that she would beat out to the assistance of her consort, such exertions were made by my officers and crew in repairing damages, &c., that by nine o'clock my boats were stowed away, a new set of sails bent, and the ship completely ready for action. At 2, A. M., got under way, and stood by the wind to the northward and westward, under easy sail. On mustering the next morning, found we had two hundred and seventy-seven souls on board (including the crew of the American brig Hunter, of Portland, taken a few days before by the Peacock). As we had been on two-thirds allowance of provisions for some time, and had but 3400 gallons of water on board, I reduced the allowance to three pints a man, and determined to make the best of my way to the United States. The Peacock was deservedly styled one of the finest vessels of her class in the British navy. I should judge her to be about the tonnage of the Hornet. Her beam was greater by five inches; but her extreme length not so great by four feet. She mounted sixteen twenty-four pound carronades, two long nines, one twelvepound carronade on her top-gallant fore-castle as a shifting gun, and one four or six-pounder, and two swivels mounted aft. I find by her quarter bills, that her crew consisted of one hundred and thirty-four men, four of whom were absent in a prize. The cool and determined conduct of my officers and crew during the action, and their almost unexampled exertions afterwards, entitle them to my warmest acknowledgments, and I beg leave most earnestly to recommend them to the notice of government. By the indisposition of Lieutenant Stewart, I was deprived of the services of an excellent officer. Had he been able to stand the deck, I am confident his exertions would not have been surpassed by any one on board. I should be doing injustice to the merits of Lieutenant Shubrick, and acting-lieutenants Conner and Newton, were I not to recommend them particularly to your notice. Lieutenant Shubrick was in the action with the Guerriere and Java. Captain Hull and Commodore Bainbridge can bear testimony to his coolness and good conduct on both occasions. (Signed) I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, JAMES LAWRENCE. Hon. Wm. Jones, Secretary of the Navy, P. S. At the commencement of the action, my sailing master and seven men were absent in a prize: and Lieutenant Stewart and six men on the sick list. As there is every prospect of the wind being to the eastward, in the morning I shall make the best of my way to New York. END OF VOL. I. ANALECTIC MAGAZINE.-14 VOLUMES. DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES. [Besides the following plates, there is an Engraved Vignette Title Page to each Volume.] VOL. I. Portrait of Commodore Bainbridge (as a frontispiece to face VOL. IV. Lord Byron (as a frontispiece to face the vignette title.) VOL. V. John Randolph (as a frontispiece to face the vignette title.) Thomas Campbell General Brown Robert Fulton VOL. VI. General Jon. Williams (as a frontispiece to face the vignette title.) Dr. Ramsay Edward G. Malbone VOL. VII. Ships Constitution, Levant, and Cyane, (as a frontispiece to face vignette title.) Portrait of Čaptain Warrington Stewart Blakely 234 292 394 204 225 383 459 1 38 132 201 329 333 499 VOL. VIII. Passaic Falls (frontispiece to face vignette title.) Portrait of Benjamin West Walter Scott Lieutenant Shubrick Clegg's Gasometer VOL. IX. Portrait of Chief Justice Marshall (as a frontispiece to face the vignette title.) Dr. Jenner PAGE 36 105 247 348 View of Boston Portrait of Dr. Dwight Portrait of Napoleon VOL. X. Fac Simile of Franklin's Hand Writing A. J. Dallas (as a frontispiece to face the vignette 48 264 265 353 438 VOL. XI. View of Richmond (frontispiece to face vignette title.) Position of Burgoyne's Army captured by General Gates 433 449 VOL. XII. View of Fort M'Henry (frontispiece to face vignette title.) VOL. XIII. Normanskill Falls (as a frontispiece to face vignette title.) VOL. XIV. View of Edinburgh (frontispiece to face vignette title.) 89 249 353 203 265 353 413 517 67 328 416 * By the present arrangement, each engraving will be placed with the article relating to it, which was not always the case in the work as originally published. Where there is no such article, the plates are generally put as frontispieces to the volumes. NEWSTEAD ABBEY is inserted, page 328, Vol. XIV, instead of York on Lake Ontario, the plate of the latter having been mislaid. |