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 . — That this heroic officer was killed in action is well known through Campbell’s lines:—

In St. Paul’s Cathedral there is a monument to him and Captain Mosse, which may be described as if it were heraldic; a sarcophagus is the crest, a tablet is the shield, the supporters are two angels holding medallion profiles of the deceased officers. The tablet has this inscription:—

“The services and death of two valiant and distinguished officers, James Robert Mosse, Captain of the Monarch, and Edward Riou, Captain of the Amazon, who fell in the attack upon Copenhagen, conducted by Lord Nelson 2d April 1801, are commemorated by this monument erected at the national expense. 