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 It is almost needless to add that poor Johnson, the black pilot, who had been Captain Willoughby’s guide in all his landings, was immediately put to death.

As for la Nereide, she was rendered so completely hors de combat before her colours were hauled down, that we doubt whether the enemy ever attempted to repair her: at all events, the British, when they captured the Mauritius, found it impossible to do so, and she was consequently sold only to be broken up. The following statement appears in “Brenton’s Naval History:”

This passage in the “Naval History” gave rise to a correspondence, which we shall now transcribe, although its insertion here is not strictly according to chronological order:

“Royal Naval Club, Bond Street, Feb. 10, 1826.

“My dear Sir,– In reading your Naval History, I find respecting myself a few errors, which I trust you will correct in your second edition: the one to which I particularly allude, is in volume 4th, page 469, where you say ‘I was, after being wounded, removed from the bread-room to the fore part of the hold, as being less exposed to shot.’ This you will find, upon enquiry, is not the fact, as, after I was wounded, I was in no part of the ship but the gun-room and cock-pit. I remain, my dear Sir, very truly yours,

(Signed)“.”

“To Captain Edward Brenton, R.N.”

“4. Park Lane, Feb. 10, 1826.

“My dear Sir,– I am extremely sorry that any statement of mine should have caused you one moment’s pain. Upon the circumstance of your removal from the bread-room to the fore-part of the ship, or fore-hold, I was mis-informed, as appears by your surgeon’s letter, and the statement of other officers. I shall have great pleasure in contradicting it; and with respect to the other inaccuracies, they shall be corrected in another edition. I remain, my dear Sir, yours very sincerely,

(Signed)“.”

“To Captain Willoughby, R.N. C.B. ” 