pied by Captain Harris, after putting several parties of the enemy to flight; and on the 22nd, articles of capitulation were agreed upon between him and the commandant of Sourabaya: but when these terms were on the point of being signed, intelligence was received from Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, of the capitulation for the surrender of Java and its dependencies having been concluded four days previous, in consequence of which Sourabaya was taken possession of under the conditions at that time agreed to.
We now lose sight of Captain Harris until April 3, 1813, on which day, in the Belle Poule, he captured the Grand Napoleon, American schooner, of 4 guns and 32 men, with a valuable cargo, from New York, bound to Bourdeaux; this vessel was copper-fastened, pierced for 22 guns, and measured no less than 305 tons. On the 11th of the following month. Captain Harris also took the Revenge letter of marque, from Charlestown bound to the same French port, pierced for 16 guns, having on board 4 long nine-pounders and 32 men. His share of the proceedings in the Gironde river will be noticed under the head of Captain John Coode, C.B.
Captain Harris’s last appointment was, Mar. 22, 1823, to the Hussar of 46 guns, the proceedings of a court-martial by which he was tried on a charge of delaying the public service, whilst under orders to convey his Majesty’s Ambassador to Lisbon, are detailed in the “Hampshire Telegraph,” Dec. 1,and 8, 1823, from which journal we make the following extracts:–