the Secretary of the Patriotic Fund, the necessary certificates to obtain, with the least possible delay, for those who have been wounded, the usual necessary rewards.
“To the Captains of the Maidstone,
Belvidere, Junon, Statira, and Laurestinus.”[1]
Captain Burdett married, first, in 1802, a daughter of Lieutenant-General Whitelocke, at that period LieutenantGo vernor of Portsmouth; and, secondly, May 15, 1806, the only daughter of Colonel Brown, of Glennagary, in the county of Dublin.
Agent.– J. Copland, Esq.
JAMES NASH, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1802.]
This officer is a brother of Captain John Nash, R.N. His post commission bears date April 29, 1802.
Agent.– John Chippendale, Esq.
PETER SPICER, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1802.]
Of this officer’s services whilst a Lieutenant, it would be sufficient to say that he served as such under Nelson, in his favorite ship the Agamemnon; but as he had the honor of being repeatedly mentioned by that great man, in his official accounts of the numerous actions in which the officers and men under his orders were engaged, it may not be amiss to introduce a few extracts from those despatches respecting him.
On the 26th Aug. 1795, the boats of the Agamemnon and other ships, cut out of the bay of Alassio, la Resolu, French national polacre, of 10 guns, 4 swivels, and 87 men; la Republique, of 6 guns and 49 men 5 two armed gallies; and
- ↑ The Lottery was from Baltimore bound to Bourdeaux, with a cargo of coffee, sugar, and logwood. So obstinate was her defence, that of a complement of 28 men, no less than 19, including her commander, were dangerously wounded. The British boats had only 6 wounded. Having but an imperfect list at present of the numerous captures in which Captain Burdett was concerned whilst on the American coast, we shall defer noticing them more fully until the publication of our promised Supplement to the Addenda contained in Vol. I.
