m the San Josef to the
Prince of Wales.--His decisive conduct.--Anecdote of the Prince of
Wales' Men.--Change of Ministry.--Sir James leaves the Channel Fleet,
and returns to Guernsey.--Is offered the Command in the East
Indies.--Letter on that occasion. 91

CHAPTER VIII.

State of Affairs in Sweden.--Alarm of the King.--Sir James selected
to command the Baltic Fleet.--Correspondence with Lord Mulgrave.--Sir
John Moore's Expedition.--Arrives at Gothenburg.--Capture and
destruction of a Danish seventy-four.--Sir John Moore goes to
Stockholm.--Is arrested, and escapes.--Expedition returns to
England.--Disposition of the Fleet.--Sir James proceeds to
Carlscrona.--Rescue of Romana's Army.--Sir James proceeds to
the Gulf of Finland.--Capture and Destruction of the Russian
seventy-four, Sewolod.--The combined Swedish and English Fleet off
Baltic Port.--Reconnoitres the Russian Fleet in the harbour, and
determines to attack them.--Prevented by change of winds.--Proceeding
off Baltic Port.--Letter to the Emperor of Russia.--Fleet returns to
Carlscrona. 98

CHAPTER IX.

Sir James at Carlscrona.--Arrangements.--Author left in Sweden.--Letter
from the Swedish Admiral.--Sir James leaves Carlscrona.--Arrives
at Gothenburg.--Makes arrangements for the protection of the
Trade.--Leaves Rear Admiral Keats in Command.--His departure from
Sweden, and arrival in the Downs.--Proceeds to the Admiralty, and
receives their Lordships' high approbation.--Proceedings of the
Fleet.--Revolution in Sweden.--Sir James reappointed to the command
in the Baltic.--His correspondence with Mr. Foster.--Official notice
of the Duke of Sudermania being elected King of Sweden.--He confers
upon Sir James the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword. 126

CHAPTER X.

Blockade of the Russian fleet.--Swedes' expedition, under Admiral
Puke and General Wachtmeister, sails,--is unsuccessful. Private
correspondence with Mr. Foster.--Armistice and Peace with
Russia.--Peace with Denmark.--Proceedings of the Fleet.--State
of affairs in Sweden.--Fleet returns to Carlscrona, and subsequently
to England. 164

CHAPTER XI.

Sir James's third year in the command of the Baltic Fleet. Proceeds
to Gothenburg and Havre.--Correspondence wi