PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EVENTS, FROM 1799 то 1815, WITH ANECDOTES. BY THE LATE VICE-ADML. WM. STANHOPE LOVELL, R.N., K.H. SECOND EDITION. FEB 80 London: WM. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE, W. 1879. 218. m. 806. To Rear-Admiral Sir ROBERT BARRIE, C.B., K.C.H. MY DEAR SIR ROBERT, In dedicating the following pages to you, under whose command I had the honour of serving in the Chesapeake, &c., I do it with the greatest respect, esteem, and admiration of your conduct. I must ever consider you as one of those officers upon whom the country may safely rely in the hour of peril, and in whose hands it may entrust its honour in the day of battle. Like the celebrated Bayard of old, your career has obtained for you a character, sans peur et sans reproche.” 66 Your faithful friend, THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. Channel Cruising-Boat Expeditions—Anecdote of a Gallant Mid— Ditto of Two Dandy Guardsmen-Expedition to Ferrol-Sir From the Peace of Amiens (1802) until the Commencement of the 26 |