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Fayal, where they met with every humane attention, and from whence they soon after proceeded to England^[1].

On the 25th Jan. 1783, Captain Inglefield and the other survivors of the Centaur, were tried by a court-martial at Portsmouth, for the loss of that vessel, and fully acquitted of all blame on account thereof^[2].

Immediately after his trial, Captain Inglefield was appointed to the Scipio of 64 guns, stationed as a guard-ship in the river Medway. His next appointment was in the autumn of 1788, to the Adventure of 44 guns; in which ship he went to the coast of Africa, and returned from thence in Aug. 1789. He afterwards made three successive voyages to the same station, in the Medusa of 50 guns.

The Medusa, coming up Channel in Sept. 1792, passed the frigate in which our late venerable monarch was making his usual marine excursion from Weymouth. After saluting the royal standard, Captain Inglefield followed her to the anchor-

1. Thomas Matthews, a quarter-master, died in the boat the day before land was discovered. Those who escaped from the ill-fated Centaur, in addition to Captain Inglefield, the Master, and Midshipman mentioned above, were Mr. James Clark, Surgeon’s Mate; Timothy Sullivan, the Captain’s coxswain; John Gregory, a Quarter-Master; and five seamen.
2. The following is a list of the ships of war which sailed from Jamaica under the orders of Rear-Admiral Graves; and will show how they were disposed of:

   	Ramillies	74	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Rear-Admiral T. Graves Captain S. Monarty.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Abandoned after being set on fire.
   *	Ville de Paris	110		Captain A. Wilkinson.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Foundered, and their crews perished.
   *	Glorieux	74		Captain Hon. T. Cadogan.
   	Canada	74		Captain Hon. W. Cornwallis.	Arrived in England, with the loss of her mizen-mast.
   	Centaur	74		Captain J. N. Inglefield.	Foundered, only 11 of her crew preserved.
   *	Hector	74		Captain J. Bouchier.	Foundered, crew saved by a letter of marque.
   †	Jason	64		Captain John Aylmer.	Arrived in England.
   †	Caton	64		Captain T. Fisher.	Arrived at Halifax.
   *	Ardent	64		Captain R. Lucas.	Returned to Jamaica.
   	Pallas	36		Captain C. Parker.	Went to Halifax very leaky, and afterwards lost on one of the Western Islands; crew saved.

   * Taken by Sir George B. Rodney, April 12, 1782.

   † Taken by Sir Samuel Hood, in the Mona Passage, April 19, 1782.