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  After accompanying Sir Erasmus Gower to and from China, Mr. Philip Carteret removed with that officer into the Triumph 74, which ship formed part of the squadron under Vice-Admiral Cornwallis, off Belleisle, on the memorable 16th June, 1795. In the running fight which then took place, the subject of this memoir received a slight wound; but his name did not appear in the list of casualties, as Sir Erasmus Gower made no report of the Triumph’s loss or damages.

Shortly after this event, Mr. Carteret was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, in the Imperieuse frigate, commanded by Lord Augustus Fitz Roy; and we subsequently find him serving as such on board the Greyhound 32, Britannia a first rate, and Cambrian of 40 guns, under the respective commands of Captains James Young, Israel Pellew, Richard Lee, the Hon. Arthur K. Legge, and George H. Towry. His 