John Forster[1]; Messrs. Henry William De Chair, William Plant (mates); James Dunderdale, Henry Lancaster (midshipmen); and John Oliver French, clerk.
Topaze’s, – Lieutenants Charles Hammond, James Dunn, William Rawlins, Viscount Balgonie, (and William Halsted, R.M.); Messrs. Alexander Boyter (mate), Joseph Hume, Hungerford Luthill, and Harry Nicholas, midshipmen.
Philomel’s, – None reported.
Scout’s, – Lieutenants John Tarrant and Hon. William Waldegrave; Mr. Davy, midshipman of the Ville de Paris.
Tuscan’s, – Lieutenant Pascoe Dunn[2], Messrs. John M’Dougall, Charles Gray (mates, both belonging to the Ville de Paris); and John Stiddy, midshipman.
List of the French vessels.
La Lamproie, of 600 tons, pierced for 22 guns on the main-deck, mounting 16 long 9-pounders, with a complement of 110 men; la Victoire, bombard, of 14 long 16-pounders and 80 men; one government store-vessel, and four transports: – burnt.
Le Normande, xebec, of 10 long 4-pounders and 48 men; le Grondeur, bombard, of 8 long 6-pounders and 45 men, laden with biscuit; and two transports, of 200 tons each: – brought out.
While in the act of boarding la Lamproie, Lieutenant Tailour was very severely wounded in the head, near the temple, notwithstanding which he continued among the foremost in the fight. His commission as a commander was dated back to Nov. 1, 1809.
Towards the end of 1810, Captain Tailour received an appointment to the Regulus troop-ship, in which he continued, on very active service, till his advancement to post rank, Oct. 26, 1813. In 1815, he commanded the Comus 22, on the coast of Africa, under the orders of Commodore Thomas Browne, whose successful exertions in suppressing the slave trade have been noticed at p. 708 et seq, of Vol. II. Part II.
Captain Tailour’s last appointment was, Nov. 6, 1815, to the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of Sir Benjamin Hallowell, at Cork; where he is said to have had two ribs broken by missiles, while attempting to quell a riot, in 1817. He continued to serve as Sir Benjamin’s flag-captain, until the expiration of that officer’s command on the Irish station.
Agent.– J. Copland, Esq.
