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 dined with General Goudin, and remained on shore several hours.

A gallant service subsequently performed by the Minstrel’s boats is thus described by Captain Peyton in an official letter to Sir Edward Pellew, dated Sept. 30, 1812:–

We next find Captain Peyton commanding the Thames frigate, and assisting at the reduction of Col de Balaguer, mention of which has been made at p. 227, of Vol. II. Part I. After the raising of the siege of Tarragona, he received a letter from Rear-Admiral Hallowell, of which the following is a copy:–

H.M.S. Malta, off Balaguer, 19th June, 1813.

“Sir,– The order with which the captains, officers, and men of all descriptions, of the sciuadron under my command, engaged in these cooperations with the army upon the coast of Catalonia, and the indefatigable zeul and cheerfulness with which they performed the laborious duties that fell to their province, have been so conspicuous as to entitle them to the highc3t praise on my part.

“That greater advantages to the public cause did not result is to be lamented, but ought not, and will not, I trust, discourage in the smallest degree future exertions. It is yet early in the campaign, and further operations are projected, wherein the same unwearied perseverance, the