he can spare, and have also informed Sir James Wood of the state of affairs here[1]. The Committee also requested I would press your Lordship to shew yourself off here, and, if possible, to bring the troops. They do not seem to like the idea of any other than English troops, for the plain reason I hinted to them, ‘that our Commissariat pays for every thing,’ which they candidly acknowledged. Should the Volontaire appear off this place, I shall send her for H.R.H. the Duke d’Angouleme. I have the honor to be, &c.
“Admiral Lord Exmouth.”
“Sir. I have received your letter of the 29th ultimo, with a full and satisfactory account of your proceedings before Marseilles, in the execution of the service confided to you. It affords me much satisfaction in assuring you, that I highly approve of all you have done, and that I consider you to have acted with great prudence and judgment in declining to place your ship within the command of the forts of Marseilles. I am, Sir, &c.
“Captain Mundy, Ajax.”
During the time Captain Mundy was employed before Marseilles, he captured several French vessels, which by any other nation than the British would have been deemed legal prizes; for not withstanding they carried the white flag, the whole of their papers had Louis XVIII. partially erased, and “au nom de l’Empereur” inserted in lieu thereof; but policy, perhaps, dictated forbearance on the part of the English government, and the vessels were restored to their respective owners.
In March 1816, Captain Mundy accompanied Lord Exmouth to Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, at which places treaties, having for their object the abolition of Christian slavery, were concluded, and 1792 Europeans released from their chains. The Ajax was paid off in the ensuing month of July, since which period Captain Mundy has not been afloat. He was nominated a C.B. in 1815, and elected M.P. for Boroughbridge in 1818. During the preceding disturbances, occasioned by the disaffection of the lower classes, in the eastern part of Derbyshire, he accepted the command of a troop of yeomanry cavalry, in which he had previously offered to serve
- ↑ Sir James Athol Wood, in the Pompée 74, was entrusted with the blockade of Toulon, and the command of a squadron employed on the coast of Provence in 1815. He also commanded a division of line-of-battle ships stationed off Catalonia during part of the winters of 1812 and 1813. We were not aware of those circumstances when we compiled the memoir of that officer. See Vol. I, p. 784, et seq. The Pompée was paid off Nov. 27, 1815.
