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616 being 147 feet long, and 27 wide. She had only left Bourdeaux nine days before, on her first cruize. During the chace, the Arethusa frigate was seen at a distance, and from her situation greatly assisted Captain Hotham in capturing her.

Towards the close of the war, the Immortalité was stationed off Brest, watching the enemy’s fleet in that port. Soon after the renewal of hostilities in 1803, Captain Hotham obtained the command of the Imperieuse, of 40 guns; and in the same year he re-captured a South-Sea whaler, homeward bound, in the Channel. He soon after removed into the Revolutionaire, of 44 guns, and in that ship had the honor of conveying the Duke of Sussex from Lisbon to Portsmouth, where H.R.H. was landed Aug. 15, 1804. On the 4th of the following month, Captain Hotham sailed with the outward bound East India fleet, which he escorted to a certain latitude, and then proceeded to Halifax.

We next find our officer commanding the Defiance, of 74 guns, under the orders of Rear-Admiral Stopford, whose