ctober, in
which the former had four killed and six wounded, while the latter had
twenty-one killed and thirteen wounded, in a crew of ninety-four
men,--forty more than the Pasley. Lieutenant Wooldridge, who so
gallantly concluded the hostilities on this station, was, at the
recommendation of Sir James, promoted to the rank of commander.

The next arrival from England brought the gratifying intelligence that
the thanks of both Houses of Parliament had been unanimously voted to
Sir James, and the captains, officers, and crews of his squadron. The
following account is rendered more interesting by the part taken on
this occasion by his late Majesty, then Duke of Clarence, Earl St.
Vincent, and Viscount Nelson, in the House of Lords, and by Mr. Pitt
in the House of Commons.

_30th October 1801.--House of Lords._

The First Lord of the Admiralty (_Earl St. Vincent_) rose to
move the thanks of the House to Admiral Sir James Saumarez for
his gallant and spirited conduct in his late actions with the
united fleets of France and Spain, in which he had destroyed
two Spanish men-of-war and taken a ship belonging to France.
His lordship, with much feeling, stated the particulars of the
engagement in the Bay of Algeziras, in which, notwithstanding
the loss of one of his Majesty's ships, owing to a matter which
Sir James could not prevent, that meritorious officer displayed
the most dauntless courage and energy: that in the first
engagement the fleet of Sir James was much crippled and
disabled; but that, nevertheless, he made such wonderful
exertions to repair his damages, that he was soon afterwards
enabled to pursue the French and Spanish fleets, and to engage
them with the most decisive success, although greatly his
superiors in numbers and weight of metal. The gallant
achievement, he declared, surpassed everything he had met with
in his reading or service; and when the news of it arrived, the
whole Board, at which he had the honour to preside, were struck
with astonishment to find that Sir James Saumarez, in so very
short a time after the affair of the Bay of Algeziras, had been
able, with a few ships only, and one of them disabled,
especially his own, to come up with the enemy, and, with
unparalleled bravery, to attack them, and obtain a victory
highly honourable to himself, and essentially conduci