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 and to inveigle them into the American service, by high bounties and great promises, in direct contradiction to the declaration of the American officers to me, that they did not wish such a thing; only eight Englishmen have remained behind in the United States, two only of which number have volunteered to serve in the Constitution.

“Leaving the character of my officers and ship’s company, as well as my own, to the decision of this honorable Court, the justice of whose sentence no person can presume to question, I close my narrative, craving indulgence for having taken up so much of their time.”

Having attended to the whole of the evidence, and also to the defence of Captain Dacres, the Court agreed,–

Captain Dacres was subsequently appointed to the Tiber frigate, the command of which ship he retained until she was paid off at Deptford, on the 13th Oct. 1818. He married, in 1810, Arabella Boyd, third daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Dalrymple, Bart.

Agents.– Messrs. Maude. 

 officer obtained post rank, Jan. 17, 1806; his proceedings at Batavia in Oct. following are thus described by himself, in an official letter addressed to Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bart, commander-in-chief in the Eastern Seas:–

“H.M.S. Caroline, off Batavia, Oct. 19, 1806.

“On the morning of the 18th instant, I captured a small brig from Bantam, and learnt that the Phoenix, a Dutch frigate of 36 guns, was undergoing repairs at Onroost. It appearing to me that she might be brought out, I was making the best of my way there, when between Middleby and Amsterdam islands, I discovered two men of war brigs at anchor, one of which I captured, the other made her escape by being too close in shore for us to pursue her; the captured brig was the Zeerop of 14 guns commanded by Captain Groot. Whilst taking possession of her, I observed