the exhausted state of the few British seamen on board, who were quite destitute of provisions, he unavoidably got aground within a short distance of the beach near Gallipoli, where he lay exposed, for upwards of two hours, to the fire of numerous troops and two row-gallies, the latter of which continued to pursue and harass him until he arrived almost under the guns of his ship, by that time anchored near the Prince’s Islands.
We have before had occasion to mention, that the Pompée bore the flag of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, in the subsequent expedition against Copenhagen, under Admiral Gambier and Lord Cathcart; and we have now to remark, that Mr. Arabin, still acting as lieutenant of that ship, was selected to command a division of boats at the debarkation of the British army. During the siege, he was often warmly engaged with the Danish flotilla and batteries; and his conduct in every affair so fully met the approbation of the Vice-Admiral, as to induce that officer personally to present him to the naval commander-in-chief, with the strongest recommendation for advancement. In the mean time, however, the Admiralty had promoted him to the rank of lieutenant, by commission dated August 4th, 1807, and consequently no reward for his services off Zealand could then be expected.
Subsequent to the surrender of the Danish navy. Sir W. Sidney Smith applied for Mr. Arabin to be appointed a lieutenant of the ship destined to bear his flag on the South American station, and he was consequently ordered to join the Foudroyant 80, at Brazil, from whence he returned home with his admiral, in August, 1809. His next appointment was, about Mar. 1810, to the Theseus 74, Captain William Prowse, under whom he served, off Flushing and the Texel, until the summer of 1812. He then became flag-lieutenant to Sir W. Sidney Smith, and proceeded with him to the Mediterranean, where he continued during the remainder of the war, in the Hibernia 110. His advancement to the rank of commander took place August 27th, 1814.
After making several unsuccessful applications for an ap-
