Return' the, fog^and rain» - T h eX io n was fojseafeedi,for action.
■ cuih|)#isgiBe: ■ thrownfloMtl^board.
Nothing?remained.u^n^thea^eeks^e^cfiptwgigw^er and
ball, 'and-Gannon.: . Thqdowejn deckoguns; wire irun; Qife
the-fdrum beat to quarters? and; |e verytman) w as Ordered
to- his station.I. The.medical men were descending ;to the
cock-pit,; or bottom of the ship# whereTngge»i®llg; out
of the reach of shot, they eoui&iaifif®di ii c h asjlhbidd
happen jt5,i be wounded on tthe?action. The passengers
w8p^ tpfaet as volunteers;» except a boy, whom h is. fa thei<#
wfep was ^paysAfa .thought much too young fob-;such*a
situation, and proposed-fn send with the surgeons to the
cpgfe-pit. The youth, hqweyjer,- th© ^^ttgffefting^to bgr
insensible of the danger, revolted from the idea oftscreen-
ingihimself from it, whiles bis parent' w^&exposedj-and
~~ earnestly solicited to remain with him upondectoffiphis
contest ■ of 1 sentiment and affection was, ind^ed^soon
' decided, by the disappearance of the fog,- which discovered
the/opposite ships close to each others but all
of...theBa,English. The strangepI were a fleetyf Indian
n^xi from England, under convoy o f tthe A ssistan^ship
of war, whose n e ^ signals, not ^ § t communicated to Sir
ErasmusjGower, ytfeve not consequentlyrunderstood.by
him.
- T h e homeward bound fleet continued its. course with
variable winds, not making any rrapid progress.; They
passed; near the Western islands in the middle of August^
wh en, the .-Spanish ands 1 p o rtu g u i^ ^ ^ ^ ip s;1 eflr teflehcblfd
pfOcee%dire'Gt-ly to^trhek:ow^!|,o^ststf.uj©n;tfel%®4ndiof
lSept>OUa¥|r,'l y d th in ^ g hplffilth ^ ^ k h k - n
ydxteemi^ of Ir.eland^andispoke- a.'-Danjsh s h i p i t f i 5i i i
the fi^f|i%hiinth. o f had$Be©rae&akarrecL >b^a
s q u a f p t J ^ ^ w c ^ 's a i l of Fren ch m ^ n |o |^ ^ r4‘bdthin
not many n y l ^ o f which; ITapffc aied:; upon cWipfrta- I
tion,4hafe SfoEi i m i i i i s ( .uy < i sjimjch weaker ships-liuist
haye p a s s e ^ ^ i p f e w d a y ^ e fo r e . I n sfi8uing*a(,td J
y 'a-i(ljs%4{^-^nidish ChannelM{^a,d,some difficulty
nr^kcoping" ^ffi.(^pitly-fer th-e^hthward -qf, the-plilty
I^Falfdp, and in stemming the current which impel Wcs^n
j&ekwtn tfi%x|torthwar.dt asj’as; observed"and’eXplai^dj by
MajorRennell. In sailing,upThe British C h a n n e l ^ the
night o fA e fifth-pi; September? the whole cohvoy)were
alarmed by thersuddenfehcounter o f a v a sL fp ^ i^ I u
o p p o siu 'dm c -
rtion. It was the grand fleet of Earl H owe'^The weather
,'^'isjdark and epremely tempestuous. Th‘<Acon s c q i ten res
/©f-such vessels striking? iri the vehhiuencQbf thcir ^ u ’rse', I
a smaller size, might be morevFatalttp^he, latter
ah ^engagement with an enemy.* ■ -ll'hllpas.tk'.anrd
yards only,' howe.ver,|>£ someibf the ships r;upvfbul of
■;$pph other, with cbn|iderable damage. . The next day
the Lion anchored in Portsmouth harbour; from whencdjy
the Embassador and other passengers landed; after* an
absence of near two years ;; during Which time' theformer