tack made by the veteran Cornwallis upon the rear of the Brest fleet, then manoeuvring in Bertheaume Bay[1].
In Sept. 1805, Captain Harvey was appointed to the Canada 74, fitting out for the Leeward Islands station, which ship he paid off at Chatham in Jan. 1808. His subsequent appointments were, – in June 1809, to the Leviathan 74, then off Cadiz; – October 1810, to the Royal Sovereign 110, employed in the blockade of Toulon; and Aug. 12th, 1812, to one of the royal yachts. The Leviathan assisted in driving three French line-of-battle ships and a frigate on shore, near the mouth of the Rhone, Oct. 25th, 1809[2]; and had her mainmast shivered by lightning in the summer of 1810. The Royal Sovereign was ordered home from the Mediterranean in Nov. 1811.
This officer obtained the rank of rear-admiral in Dec. 1813. He was appointed commander-in-chief at the Leeward Islands in Aug. 1815; advanced to the rank of vice-admiral in May 1825; and nominated a Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, in June 1833.
THOMAS LE MARCHANT GOSSELIN, Esq.
(Vol. I. Part II. p. 671.)
Entered the royal navy on the 2d Aug. 1778; and served under Captain Philip Boteler, in the Actaeon 44, and Ardent 64, until the latter ship was captured by the combined fleets of France and Spain, in sight of Plymouth, Aug. 16th, 1779[3].
On his return from France, Mr. Gosselin joined the Barfleur 98, bearing the flag of Sir Samuel (afterwards Viscount) Hood, in which ship he served from Oct. 11th, 1780, until the peace of 1783. During this period he witnessed the capture of St. Eustatia, by the naval and military forces under Sir George B. Rodney and General Vaughan[4]; and
