to that admiration which I cannot sufficiently express; in his attempt to board the enemy he was several times severely wounded, and at last so dangerously, that I fear the service will he deprived of this gallant and promising young officer.
“I cannot omit to mention also the conduct of Lieutenants Tatnall and Roberts, of the Tonnant, particularly the former, who, after having his boat sunk alongside, got into another, and gallantly pushed on to the attack of the remainder of the flotilla. Lieutenant Roberts was wounded in closing with the enemy. I have the honor to be, &c.
“To Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir A. Cochrane, K.B.
&c, &c. &c.”
The American vessels taken on this occasion carried 16 long guns, 14 carronades, 2 howitzers, 12 swivels, and 245 men; 6 of whom were slain, and 35 wounded. The total loss sustained by the British in obtaining possession of them was 17 killed and 77 wounded; the following are the names of the officers who suffered.
Killed, – Messrs. Thomas W. Moore, John Mills, and Henry Symons, midshipmen of the Seahorse and Trave. Wounded, – Lieutenant George Pratt, Messrs. Robert Uniacke and ____ Pilkington, midshipmen of the Tonnant and Seahorse, mortally: John O’Reilly and Peter Drummond, midshipmen, Tonnant, dangerously: Captain Lockyer; Lieutenant William Gilbert Roberts, Tonnant; Lieutenant James Uniacke, R.M.; Messrs. Mark Pettet, master’s-mate, Norge; and William Grove White, midshipman, Seahorse, severely: Lieutenants John Franklin and Henry Gladwell Etough, Bedford; Messrs. James Hunter and John Sudbury, muster’s-mates, Bedford and Gorgon; and Messrs. George Ward Cole and David M‘Kenzie, midshipmen, Tonnant and Cydnus, slightly.
We have already stated that Captain Lockyer obtained post rank Mar. 29, 1815. He was nominated a C.B. in the course of the same year ; appointed to the Burlington 42, on Lake Ontario, June 26, 1816, and elected Mayor of Plymouth, Sept. 17, 1828. His last appointment was, Dec. 17, 1824, to the Romney 50, armed en flûte, the officers of which ship gave him a farewell dinner, “in token of their respect and attachment,” when she was paid off, in Oct. 1827.
Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney.
