qualified to govern the Maltese, but himself; they are all too little or too great."

GAMBIER, (JAMES, Lord,) was born on the 13th of October, 1756; and, having entered the naval service, advanced, in 1778, to the rank of commander, on board the Thunder, bombvessel, in which he was taken prisoner by the French squadron, under the orders of the Count D'Estaing. He sailed afterwards to North America, and served at the taking of Charlestown; and, in the year 1781, he captured an American ship of war, mounting twenty guns. In 1793, he commanded the Defence, of seventy-four guns, which formed part of the squadron under Earl Howe, and highly distinguished himself by his heroism on the day of his lordship's memorable victory of the 1st of June, 1794. His next appointment was to the Prince George, of ninety guns; and, as a reward for his former services, he was, about the same time, made a colonel of marines. On the 1st of June, 1795, he was made rear-admiral of the blue, having been previously nominated a lord of the admiralty, which office he retained until February, 1801, when he hoisted his flag on board the Neptune, ninety-eight, as third in command of the channel fleet. In April, 1802, he was constituted governor of Newfoundland, and commander-in-chief of the naval armament stationed there. From this line of service he was transferred to the admiralty; and, in May, 1804, resumed his seat at the board. In 1807, he was appointed to the command of the fleet against Copenhagen, which town he bombarded, and, in conjunction with Lord Cathcart, who conducted the land attack, forced to capitulate. His services on this expedition were rewarded with a peerage; and, on the 3rd of November following, he was created Baron Gambier, of Iver, in the county of Buckingham. In 1808, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the main or channel fleet; and, shortly afterwards, destroyed part of the French fleet in the Basque Roads. For his conduct in this affair, he was, in consequence of the representations of Lord Cochrane, brought to a court-martial, in 1809, which gave him an honourable acquittal, and, he afterwards received

the thanks of both houses of parliament for his services on the occasion alluded to. In 1814, he was intrusted with the superintendence of a commission, appointed to meet American envoys at Ghent, for the purpose of entering into a treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United States; and, in June, 1815, he was nominated a G. C. B. Lord Gambier was not only a gallant and skilful officer, but an active promoter of all measures tending to the benefit of the service. He formed a plan for constructing a seventy-four, so as to give it the appearance, at a distance, of a large frigate; and invented a systematic course of signals, which, we believe, are now in use on board his majesty's ships. He has, for many years, been noted for his active countenance of the Bethel Union, and other institutions for the religious instruction of seamen, whose morals and conduct his exertions have tended materially to ameliorate. His lordship married Louisa, second daughter of Daniel Matthews, Esq., of Felix Hall, in the county of Essex; but had no issue.

NAGLE, (SIR EDMUND,) nephew of Edmund Burke, the distinguished statesman, was born about the year 1757, and, having entered the navy, became a post-captain in 1783, and distinguished himself in various actions, particularly whilst forming part of the squadron under Captain Pellew, in 1794. At this time he was commander of the Artois, with which vessel he captured the French frigate, La Révolutionnaire; for his conduct in which affair he was rewarded with the honour of knighthood. He continued in the Artois until the 31st of July, 1797, when his vessel was destroyed by running on a sand bank, off Rochelle. In 1801, he was appointed to the Montagu, seventy-four, from which he was transferred to the Juste, of eighty guns, in which he served until the peace of Amiens. On the rupture which took place in 1803, he was invested with the charge of the sea fencibles, from Emsworth to Beachy Head; an appointment which he resigned in November, 1805, being, on the 9th of that month, advanced to the rank of rear-admiral of the blue; and, early in 1808, he was nominated commander-in-chief at

Guernsey. In July, 1810, he was appointed a vice-admiral; and, in 1813, as governor of Newfoundland, he hoisted his flag on board the Antelope. On the occasion of the allied sovereigns revisiting the fleet at Spithead, in the year 1814, he was highly distinguished by the Prince Regent, who constituted him one of his naval aides-de-camp; and on the 2nd of January, 1815, he was made a knight commander of the Bath. When his royal highness became regent, the admiral was appointed to a post in the royal household, and, on the accession of George the Fourth to the throne, was constituted one of the lords of the bedchamber. He was esteemed an excellent and courageous seaman, and was a great favourite amongst his officers and those under his command. He was married, on the 16th of August, 1798, to the widow of John Lucie Blackman, Esq. of Craven Street, and died on the 11th of March, 1830, at his house, East Moulsey, aged seventythree.

WALDEGRAVE, (WILLIAM, Lord Radstock,) was born on the 9th of July, 1758; and, having entered the navy, served in the Mediterranean and Western Seas in the station of a midshipman. Having attained post rank, we find him, about 1800, cruising, in the La Prudente, off Cape Ortegal; where, in company with the Licorne, he engaged a French frigate, called La Capricieuse, which surrendered, after an action that lasted for four hours. Early in 1781, he accompanied Admiral Darby to the relief of Gibraltar, and contributed towards the capture of a quantity of French transports, with troops and stores on board, destined for the West Indies. On the prospect of a rupture with Spain, in 1790, he was appointed to the Majestic, of seventyfour guns; and, in 1793, he proceeded in the Courageux, seventy-four, with Viceadmiral Hotham, to the Mediterranean. Not long after, he was appointed a colonel of marines; and on the 4th of July, 1794, was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral of the blue. He was raised, on the 1st of June, 1795, to the rank of vice-admiral; and, in the succeeding autumn, proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he acted under Sir

John Jervis, and was present with that admiral in the memorable engagement with the Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent, on the 14th of February, 1797. Not long subsequent to the victory, he was appointed governor of Newfoundland, and naval commander-in-chief on that station, in which capacity he continued to serve for several years. After having refused a baronetage, he was made a peer of Ireland, on the 29th of December, 1800, by the title of Baron Radstock, of Castletown, Queen's county; and, on the 29th of April, 1802, was made full admiral. On the 2nd of January, 1815, he was distinguished by the order of the Bath, and made a knight grand cross. Lord Radstock was married at Smyrna, in the year 1785, to Cornelia, second daughter of David Van Lennep, Esq., chief of the Dutch factory there, by whom he had issue several children. He died on the 20th of August, 1825, and at his decease was admiral of the red, president of the Naval Charitable Society, commissioner of the Church and Corporation Land-tax; a vice-president of the Asylum, and of the Mary-le-bone General Dispensary; and also of many other benevolent institutions. Lord Radstock, as a naval officer, was always successful in the undertakings intrusted to him; and in private life, he was zealously employed in promoting institutions for the amelioration of the condition of the poor, and for the advancement of religion. His lordship was a great admirer of paintings, and a considerable portion of his personal property consisted of productions of some of the first masters. George the Third offered him a pension on account of his services, which he, however, waived, on condition that, at his decease, his eldest son should become entitled to £500 per

annum.

CARNEGIE, (WILLIAM, Earl of Northesk,) son of George, Earl of Northesk, was born about the year 1758; and, when thirteen years of age, entered the navy as a midshipman, on board the Albion. In 1781, he served at the reduction of St. Eustatius; and, in the following year, after having attained the rank of post-captain, returned to England. In 1789, he married Miss Mary Ricketts, niece of the Earl

St. Vincent. In 1792, he succeeded to the earldom of Northesk; and, in 1796, was elected one of the representative peers for Scotland. During the same year, he was employed with the Monmouth, sixty-four, in the North Sea, under Admiral Duncan, to whose squadron, the spirit of disaffection, which had originated in the channel fleet, having spread, the Monmouth was brought to the Nore by her crew; and Lord Northesk was selected by the mutineers to carry their demands to the king. In 1803, he was commissioned to the Blenheim; and, in 1804, he hoisted his flag as a rear-admiral, on board the Britannia, and served in the blockade of Brest. In the following year, he was detached, under Sir Robert Calder, to reinforce Admiral Collingwood, at Cadiz; and afterwards served, as third in command, at the battle of Trafalgar; in which he completely dismasted a French ship, of eighty guns, and kept at bay three of the enemy's van, that were attempting to double upon Nelson's ship, the Victory, then much disabled, and hotly engaged with two other vessels. In 1806, he was invested with the insignia of the order of the Bath; and he also received, on account of his great services, the thanks of both houses of parliament, and of the city of London; the freedom of the goldsmith's company; and a valuable sword from the inhabitants of the metropolis. On the 14th of June, 1814, he was promoted to the rank of admiral of the white; and subsequently became admiral of the red, and vice-admiral of Great Britain. Lord Northesk showed himself, on all occasions, a commander of great skill and bravery; and though a strict disciplinarian, was So warm a lover of justice, that he would devote several hours, if necessary, to patient investigation, before inflicting the smallest punishment.

COFFIN, (Sir ISAAC,) was born on the 16th of May, 1759; and entered the service at the age of fourteen years, in the Gaspée brig, on the American station. In 1778, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and appointed commander of the Placentia cutter, and was afterwards wrecked, in Le Penson, on the coast of Labrador. In November, 1779, he was nominated to the Adamant;

and, in the succeeding year, convoyed a fleet of merchantmen to New York. He was next employed on the American coast; and, while at Halifax, in July, 1781, was advanced to the rank of commander. He was then, successively, appointed to the Avenger and Pachahunter; and being present in the latter during the fire at the town of St. John's, made such great exertions to extinguish the flames, that he was voted an address of thanks by the house of assembly. About 1789, whilst in command of the Thisbe, on the Halifax station, he was brought to a court-martial, for returning a false muster of his ship's company; a practice then in use, enabling young officers to serve their time at school or at home, without submitting themselves to the usual routine of a naval education. For this he was, in the first instance, dismissed from the command of his ship; but the matter coming under purview of the admiralty board, his name was altogether erased from the list of naval officers. Irritated at such treatment, he entered into the service of the Brabant patriots; but the proceedings of Earl Howe, and the other lords of the admiralty, having been declared illegal by the judges, he was reinstated in the king's service, as a post-captain. In the year 1790, he was commissioned to the Alligator, of twenty-eight guns: and, while lying at the Nore, he ruptured himself, by leaping into the water to save the life of a man who had fallen overboard. A similar accident occurred to him in 1793; and, on his recovery, he was intrusted with the regulation service at Leith; from October, 1795, to October, 1796, he was resident commissioner at Corsica; and, for two years after, he superintended the naval establishment at Lisbon. In 1798, he was intrusted with the direction of the arsenal at Port Mahon, on the reduction of the island of Minorca. After other services, he was, on the 23rd of April, 1804, made rear-admiral of the blue; and, on the 19th of May succeeding, was created a baronet. In April, 1808, he was advanced to be a vice-admiral; on the 4th of June, 1814, he was appointed admiral of the blue; and, on the demise of George the Fourth, held the same rank in the white squadron. In 1818, he was returned to parliament for Ilchester, and represented that place until the

year 1826. He was married on the 3rd of April, 1811, to Elizabeth Browne, only child of Willian Greenly, of Titley Court, Herefordshire, Esq.

DRURY, (WILLIAM O'BRYEN,) born about the year 1760, in Ireland, attained the rank of post-captain on the 18th of January, 1783, having previously distinguished himself in the American war, and particularly in the battle off Camperdown, under Lord Duncan. During the peace that followed, he commanded the Spitfire, guard-ship, at Cork, but removed, successively, into the Trusty and the Powerful. On the 23rd of April, 1804, he was promoted to the rank of rearadmiral of the white; became vice of the blue on the 28th of April, 1808, and on the 31st of July, 1810, was made admiral of the red. He held, at the last mentioned period, the chief command of the fleet in the East Indies; and with a part of his squadron, destroyed many vessels belonging to the pirates by whom the Persian Gulf was infested. In September of the same year, he went on an expedition against the Dutch settlement of Amboyna, which, after three days' fighting, surrendered to him on the 19th, notwithstanding the amount of its force and the strength of its batteries. He afterwards succeeded in taking several other islands, and he captured a great number of vessels having valuable cargoes. The trade with China having been disturbed by the Dutch, he was despatched up the river towards Canton, but with strict orders not to proceed beyond a certain point, nor, on any account, to attack the Chinese batteries. His forbearance, however, was hardly sufficient to master his bravery, and he longed, as he himself expressed it, "to blow the d-d tea dealers out of their nest!" for which purpose he had already advanced beyond the limits prescribed, and was accordingly compelled to retreat within them. He, on this account, experienced much mortification, which was increased by the Chinese, who, though not a gun had been fired, put up a monument, as a memorial of what they termed a victory. He died at Madras, on the 6th of March, 1811; and was buried on the following evening, his funeral being attended by the

governor, and all the naval and

military officers at the residency. His professional career had been to him rather a source of honour than of profit, for he obtained no prizes of very considerable value. He was eccentric, both in dress and manner of living; and is said, at his dinner, to have used but one plate, which he loaded with every kind of food within his reach at the table. Such was his carelessness in dress, that his nephew, a junior officer, once suggested to him that his epaulette was unbuttoned, to which he angrily replied, "Why don't you button it then, ye hound! What do ye suppose I keep you for?" He was, however, a man of the most benevolent disposition; and in all the social relations, was the object of general esteem. He married in early life, and had several children by, the daughter of General Vallancey, celebrated for his skill in the Celtic language and antiquities.

WALKER, (JAMES,) entered the navy about the year 1776. On the 18th of June, 1781, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and served in the Princess Royal, a second-rate; from which he exchanged into the Torbay, seventy-four, then about to proceed to North America. He subsequently served, successively, in the Champion, Winchelsea, Boyne, and Niger; and, for his exertions at Lord Howe's victory, on the 1st of June, 1794, he was advanced to the rank of a commander. In 1795, he was appointed to the Terror bomb; and, in June of the same year, assumed the temporary command of the Trusty, fifty guns; in which, after having convoyed five East Indiamen to a safe latitude, he, against orders, assumed the charge of a large fleet of merchant vessels lying at Cadiz; for which, through the interference of the Spanish government, he was brought to a court-martial by the admiralty, and sentenced to be broke. He was, however, eight months afterwards, reinstated in his rank, the Spanish ambassador having received orders from his government to request that the transaction might be forgotten; and the lords of the admiralty being perfectly convinced of the laudable motives which induced Captain Walker to the breach of discipline. He was next appointed, successively, to the Garland