taken them. I did not, therefore, feel that an opportunity sufficiently favourable had offered itself to induce me to vary from the determination I had before formed. About fifty minutes after three one of them steered to the south-east, and at six they were entirely out of sight.

During the whole of the 25th I continued my course by north, and having accompanied the Windsor Castle and prizes so far to the northward that I thought they might proceed with safety, I parted with them, and directed Captain Boyles to acquaint the Commander in Chief that I should make the best of my way to the rendezvous off Cape Finisterre, in the hope of falling in with Lord Nelson, and if I did not find his lordship there in a short time after my arrival, I should proceed in search of the combined squadrons, supposed to be gone for Ferrol, and that if any favourable opportunity should offer of attacking them before they got in, I certainly should avail myself of it."

The admiral concluded a very able defence by complaining of the disappointment of himself and his brave associates in consequence of the treatment they had received after their victory; and above all he loudly protested against the manner in which his dispatches had been garbled.

The following is the sentence of the Court:

"At a court-martial assembled on board His Majesty's ship Prince of Wales, in Portsmouth harbour, on the 23d day of December, 1805, and continued by adjournment from day to day, until the 26th day of the same month,

"Pursuant to an order from the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the 15th day of November last past, and directed to the president; setting forth that Sir Robert Calder, Bart. Vice-Admiral of the Blue, had, by his letter to their lordship's secretary, dated the 13th day of September last, requested, for the reasons therein mentioned, that an enquiry may be made into his, the said ViceAdmiral's, conduct on the 23d day of July last, the day after the engagement with the combined fleets of France and Spain, or upon the whole or such part thereof (when in presence of

the enemy) as should appear for the good of His Majesty's ser-: vice, and for enabling him to give his reasons publicly for his conduct on that occasion.

“And that their lordships thought fit, in compliance with the Vice-Admiral's request, and for the reasons mentioned in his said letter, that a court-martial should be assembled for the purpose above mentioned, and also for enquiring into the whole of the said Vice-Admiral's conduct and proceedings on the said 23d day of July, and into his subsequent conduct and proceedings, until he finally lost sight of the enemy's ships; and to try him for not having done his utmost to renew the said engagement, and to take and destroy every ship of the enemy, which it was his duty to engage, the Court proceeded to enquire into the conduct and proceedings of the said ViceAdmiral Sir Robert Calder, with His Majesty's squadronunder his command, on the said 23d day of July last, and also into his subsequent conduct and proceedings, until he finally lost sight of the enemy's fleet, and to try him for not having done his utmost to renew the said engagement, and to take or destroy every ship of the enemy, which it was his duty to engage; and having heard the evidence produced in support of the charge, and by the said Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Calder, Bart., in his defence, and what he had to allege in support thereof, and having maturely and deliberately weighed and considered the whole, the Court is of opinion, that the charge of his not having done his utmost to renew the said engagement, and to take or destroy every ship of the enemy, has been proved against the said Vice-Admiral Calder; that it appears that his conduct has not been actuated either by cowardice or disaffection, but has arisen solely from error in judgment, and is highly censurable, and doth adjudge him to be severely reprimanded, and the said Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Calder is hereby severely reprimanded accordingly.

"Signed

"George Montague, President:.

"J. Hollaway (Vice-Admiral). R.S. Rowley (Vice-Admiral). "E. Thornborough (Vice-Ad.). J. Coffin (Rear-Ad.).

J. Bisset (Captain).

"J: Sutton (Rear-Ad.).

"R. D. Oliver (Captain).

"J. A. Wood (ditto).

J. Irwin (ditto).

J. Seater (ditto).

"T.B. Capel, the Hon. (ditto). J. Larmour (ditto).

"M. Greekham, jun. Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet."

This sentence did not at all prove popular; for it was the first time in the annals of our naval warfare, that a commander who had engaged a superior fleet, and taken two of the enemy's line of battle ships, without losing a single sail of his own, had been "severely reprimanded." Indeed the Admiralty itself seems to have been of this opinion, for Sir Robert was soon after nominated Port-Admiral at Portsmouth, and until the last period of his existence experienced the greatest respect and attention, not only on the part of that board, but from persons of all ranks and degrees in life. The hardship of his case was also mentioned in parliament by two distinguished noblemen, the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Romney; and had he not been restored to the service of his country, his disgrace would have reflected discredit on the gratitude and justice of the nation.

After these remarks on the official conduct of the subject of this memoir, it now only remains to add, that Sir Robert Calder died at Holt, near Bishop's Waltham, in the county of Hants, the 31st of August, 1818, in the 74th year of his age. He was an excellent officer, well acquainted with all the different branches of his profession, and admirably cal culated, both by nature and education, for the government and superintendance of a large fleet. No better sailor ever existed in the service, and he was acknowledged to be particularly expert at manœuvres and the regulation of squadrons, by means of signals.

By his will he proved his sincere wish and desire to provide every possible comfort for his widow, during the continuance or recurrence of her unhappy malady. The house, and grounds appurtenant to it, together with the stock, &c. are to be delivered to her ladyship at the end of one year, should

any favourable change have taken place; but if not, a sufficiency to be retained on the premises, to supply every possible want; and the remainder to be taken away by his nephew Sir Henry Roddam Calder, on condition of returning the same, in case of Lady Calder's recovery. The whole interest of all the property, is also left in trust for her ladyship during her natural life; and on her decease, the personality (estimated at about 30,000l.) is to be invested in the purchase of freehold estates in England, which are devised to the said Sir Henry Roddam Calder, and his heirs male.

LATE ALDERMAN, AND FORMERLY LORD MAYOR, AND ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE CITY OF LONDON.

THE

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