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 destroyed by fire; and I feel convinced the enemy will suffer most severely by this capture, as they must have been some time in making so large a collection. * * * * * * I have much pleasure in adding, that our loss has been only four wounded; and when it is considered that they were exposed to a teasing fire from the bushes and houses, for five hours, it will I trust, be thought trifling in comparison with the annoyance the enemy have received. * * * * * * No language I can make use of is strong enough to express the zeal and conduct of every person concerned.”

On the 13th Mar. following, Lieutenant Haye was severely burnt on board the French prize-frigate Corona, taken the same day by a squadron under Captain William Hoste, near Lissa. On the 27th July, though then still an invalid, he very handsomely volunteered to assist in an attack upon twenty-eight vessels, lying in a creek near the island of Ragosuiza, and laden with grain for the garrison of Ragusa. On the 29th Nov., same year, he was slightly wounded in action with la Pomone French frigate, forming part of a squadron from Corfu bound to Trieste. On this latter occasion his captain, now Sir James Alexander Gordon, lost a leg; “but,” says the senior officer of the British force, “thank God he is doing well. His first lieutenant Dashwood, lost his arm soon after, and the ship was fought by Lieutenant Haye, in a manner that reflects the highest honor upon him; his services before had frequently merited and obtained the highest approbation.”

On the 19th May, 1812, Mr. Haye was promoted to the rank of commander; but he does not appear to have been again employed previous to Feb. 1814, when he received a commission for the Pelter brig, in which vessel he returned home from Bermuda about July, 1815. He subsequently commanded the Raleigh sloop, on the Mediterranean station, where he was serving when advanced to his present rank. Mar. 4th, 1829.

