his arrival he had the gratification of receiving his sovereign's personal thanks for his services, together with a purse of £500 for the purchase of a sword. Shortly afterward the Emperor of Russia sent him the ribbon and cross of a knight of the order of Malta.

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Vice-Admiral Lord Hood, by whom
he was made commander of the
Speedy Sloop, of 14 guns. Early
in 1794 he was appointed acting
captain of the Meleager frigate of 32
guns, and was confirmed by a post
commission, bearing date February
24, 1794. He was present at the
capture of the French ships, Ca Ira,
80, and Censeur, 74 guns, on
March 14, 1795, by the fleet under
the command of Vice-Admiral Ho-
tham. Shortly afterwards he joined
the squadron commanded by Com-
modore Nelson, employed in co-
operation with the Austrian and
Piedmontese armies, and in checking
the trade between Genoa, France,
and the places occupied by the Re-
publican troops. On May 31, he
assisted in the capture of six vessels,
which had taken shelter under a
battery, which he silenced. These
vessels had sailed from Toulon,
laden with cannon, &c. for the seige
of Mantua. He was subsequently
appointed to the La Minerve, of 42
guns, and 281 men, in which ship
Commodore Nelson hoisted his
broad pendant on December 10,
1796, and while proceeding with
the Blanche frigate to superintend
the evacuation of Porto Ferrajo, on
December 19, he fell in with two
Spanish frigates, the Sabina, and
Ceres, each mounting 40 guns;
La Minerve engaged the former,
and after an action of nearly three
hours, she struck, having had 164
men killed and wounded; La
Minerve had 7 killed, and 44
wounded; shortly afterwards the
Sabina was retaken. He arrived
at Porto Ferrajo on December 27;
and La Minerve, after having been
repaired, sailed on January 29, 1797,
with the late viceroy of Corsica and
suite on board, and the transports
with the troops, under his protec-
tion, the whole of which arrived
safe at Gibraltar on February 10.
After remaining one day he sailed,
and on the 13th joined the fleet,
under the command of Sir John
Jervis, off Cape St. Vincent, when

In June 1800, Lord Duncan
having struck his flag, the Kent was
sent to reinforce Lord Keith, on the
Mediterranean Station. In Decem-
ber, Captain Hope received on
board at Gibraltar, Lieut.-Gen. Sir
Ralph Abercrombie, with his staff,
and conveyed him from thence to
Egypt. He was subsequently em-
ployed in the blockade of Alexan-
dria, and remained upon that sta-
tion until Cario surrendered to the
British arms, on June 28, 1801,
when he resigned the command of
the Kent, and returned to England.
In the spring of 1804 he was ap-
pointed to the Atlas, 74, but was
soon obliged to resign from ill
health. Early in 1807 Capt. Hope
was called on to take a seat at the
Board of Admiralty, which he va-
cated in 1809. He was nominated
a colonel of Royal Marines, Au-
gust 1, 1811; advanced to the rank
of rear-admiral, August 12, 1812;
appointed commander-in-chief at
commander-in-chief at
Leith, in November 1813; created
a K. C. B. January 2, 1815; and
re-appointed to the chief command
at Leith early in 1816, which he
retained until September 1818. In
January, 1820, he again became a
lord of the Admiralty. On August
12, 1819, he was promoted to the
rank of vice-admiral; and on Oc-
tober 4, 1825, was created a
G. C. B.

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Captain Broke of the Shannon, was the only one who ought to be considered as a truly honourable man. "Then you do consider Captain Broke to be a truly honourable man,' " said I. "Oh, yes!" was the unanimous reply. "Then," said I, "Do you think a truly honourable man would be guilty of uttering a falsehood?" " Impossible!" exclaimed one and all. "Then," said I, "Have the goodness to attend to an extract from Captain Broke's letter, which announced the capture of the Chesapeake;" and immediately taking an old newspaper from my pocket, I read as follows;

American Hospitality. It was
some time in the autumn of that
year, in which the great Napoleon
bid a final adieu to the theatre of
his glory, and of those extraordinary
vicissitudes which attended his pub-
lic career, that we arrived at Nor-
folk, in Virginia, in the ship Ajax,
Captain Tyler; whither we went
to procure a cargo of lumber for the
estates of our owners, situated in
the island of Jamaica. And it was
whilst we remained at Norfolk, that
we experienced the peculiar instance
of American hospitality of which we
are about to speak. Having been
repeatedly invited to spend an even-
ing on shore, we availed ourselves
of a little leisure that occurred, and
accompanied by a young Scotch-
man, a resident in Norfolk, we went
on shore, to spend an evening at
one of the taverns-I think it was
the Navy Tavern; be that as it may
the room was full of American naval
officers, who appeared to vie with
each other in speaking disrespect-
fully of the British, as they called
us, but more especially of the British
navy and its officers. Now, there
was one of these soi-disant Yan-
kees, who seemed determined to
quarrel with us if possible; he came
in front of the table at which we
were sitting, and flourishing his glass
of
grog in our faces, began to sing
a song in commemoration of the
capture of the Guerriere by the Con-
stitution; but he was soon called to
order by some of his companions,
who said, that as America was the
land of liberty, strangers should not
be molested in their presence, and
that every man had a right to enjoy
his own opinion. But notwithstand-
ing that order was in some measure
restored, they still continued to un-
dervalue the courage and capacity
of our naval officers; and one of
them went so far as to say, that of
all the British naval officers who
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"I went forward to ascertain
the position of the enemy, and I
found they were flinching from their
guns." This was quite enough for
Jonathan, with whom it instantly
settled the question as to Captain
Broke's honour'; and removed every
doubt as to the sort of liberty of
speech which prevails in America.
For I had no sooner finished the
lacerating sentence, than my
was assailed by a rummer of brandy
and water, thrown at us by the
hospitable Virginian, who was before
inclined to amuse us with a song;
but who now vociferated, "I guess
you are like all the old sarpents, a
tarnation liar!" And had it not
been for the timely arrival of a
couple of friends, Hibernean Yan-
kees, we doubt whether we should
have escaped alive to tell the tale.

A jolly tar once hired a horse for a day's excusion, and on alighting at an inn to get some refreshment, Jack ordered the ostler to calabash the horse, and immediately went into the house and ordered a beefsteak smothered with onions, and a glass of brandy and water. The ostler, in the mean while, stood pondering upon the strange order which he had received, and which he could not execute, because he did

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"So here I have been pampering this great body of mine, for more than twenty years, and all to be a prey to some cursed shark, and be d-d to him."

When the Earl of Rochester went to sea, in the year 1665, there happened to be in the same ship with him, Mr. Montague, and another gentleman of quality. These two, the former especially, seemed persuaded that they should never return to England; Mr. Montague said he was sure of it; the other was not so positive. When the day came that they thought to have taken the Dutch fleet in the port of Bergen, Mr. Montague, though he had such a presage of his approaching death, yet he gallantly staid all the while in a place of the greatest danger. The other gentleman signalized his courage in the most undaunted manner, till the end of the action, when he fell on a sudden into such a trembling that he could scarcely stand; and Mr. Montague going to hold him up, as they were in each other's arms, a cannon-ball killed him outright, and carried away Mr. Montague's belly, so that he died within an hour after. The Earl, however escaped all the dangers of war and sea; and related this anecdote to Bishop Burnet, his biographer.

And swear a little,

And fiddle a little,
And foot it a little,
And swig the flowing can.

If howling winds and roaring seaз

Give proof of coming danger,
We view the storm, our hearts at ease,
For Jack's to fear a stranger.
Blest with the smiling grog, we fly
Where now below
We headlong go,
Now rise on mountains high.
Spite of the gale,
We hand the sail,

Or take the needful reef;

Or man the deck,

To clear some wreck,
To give the ship relief.
Though perils threat around,
We despise it to a man.
All sense of danger's drown'd

We sing a little, &c.

But yet think not our case is hard,

In an action with the French fleet in 1694-5, Captain Killegrew, on coming up with the French vessel, the Content, discovered that the whole of the crew were at prayers. He might have poured in his broad- And gaily sing and laugh. side with great advantage; but this he refused to do, saying, “ It is beneath the courage of the English nation to surprise their enemies in such a defenceless posture." It is to be regretted that a man of such a gallant and forbearing nature should fall in that very action.

Though storms at sea thus treat us,
For, coming home,-a sweet reward,

With smiles our sweethearts greet us.
Now to the friendly grog we quaff,
Our am'rous toast,
Her we love most,

The sails we furl,
Then for each girl
The petticoat display,

The deck we clear,
Then three times cheer,
As we their charms survey.
And then the grog goes round,
All sense of danger's drown'd,
We despise it to a man.

We sing a little &c.