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might steer for the inner roads. As he passed the line he descried the Aggershuus, a vessel of the same description as his own, in the most miserable plight, her masts having all gone by the board, and the hull on the eve of sinking. Captain Rothe shewed himself a true seaman, who not only resolutely meets his own dangers, but also cheerfully shares in those of others. Having made fast a cable from his stern to the stem of the Aggershuus, he towed her oft'; and thus obtained as glorious a triumph as if he had come in with an enemy’s ship. Soon after two o’clock Commodore Fischer removed his broad pendant from the Holstein to the Battery of the Three Crowns, whence lie commanded during the latter part of the engagement. At this moment Lieutenant Lillienskiold finding his ship, the Hielperen, surrounded by a very superior force, cut his cables, and brought her safe into the inner roads. Mr. Lillienskiold was no stranger to the business of the day; he had in the year 1799, fought in the West Indies, with a privateer, and both c