van,) shot away her topmasts in the space of ten minutes. Being left with Captain Hood, to protect the Egyptian coast, he brought out, with the boats of the Goliath, a French armed ketch, from under the guns of the castle of Aboukir, and he returned home in 1799, his ship having been previously engaged in the blockade of Malta. For the part he took in the important victories of Cape St. Vincent and the Nile, he was presented with gold medals. In 1800, he had the command of the Elephant, seventy-four, and was attached to the main or channel fleet until the early part of the year 1801, when he was placed under Sir Hyde Parker. Having proceeded to the North Seas, he received the flag of Lord Nelson, with whom he was present, on the 2nd of April, 1801, at the battle of Copenhagen. In his official despatches to Sir Hyde Parker, his lordship writes thus:- To Captain Foley, who permitted me the honour of hoisting my flag in the Elephant, I feel under the greatest obligations; his advice was necessary on many and important occasions during the battle." Captain Foley returned to England in the month of August following, and the thanks of parliament were voted to him for his services. He was appointed colonel of marines in October, 1807, and was advanced to the rank of rearadmiral of the blue on the 28th of April, 1808. He has been, from time to time, further promoted; and, at the demise of George the Fourth, had the appointment of admiral of the blue. He was constituted commander-in-chief in the Downs in 1811, a post which he held until the termination of the war. On the 2nd of January, 1815, he was made a knight commander of the Bath; and, on the 6th of May, 1820, a knight grand cross of the same order. On the 31st of July, 1802, he was united to Lady Lucy Anne Fitzgerald, fifth daughter of James, first Duke of Leinster, by Lady Emelia Lennox, daughter of the second Duke of Richmond. Sir Thomas Foley justly enjoys the repu tation of being a most meritorious officer, a distinction to which he is entitled by his conduct on all occasions in which he has been employed. He had the honour of serving in the most important victories of Earl St. Vincent and

Nelson, with the latter of whom he maintained, for some time, an affectionate correspondence.

TYLER, (Sir CHARLES,) attained post rank in the navy, on the 21st of September, 1790, and, in 1793, was commissioned to the Meleager, of thirtytwo guns, in which he was employed at Toulon. He rendered signal service at the reduction of Corsica, for which he was promoted to the St. Fiorenzo, of forty guns, formerly one of the enemy's ships, which, having sunk, was brought above water chiefly by his exertions. In the autumn of 1794, he was transferred to the Diadem, sixty-four, and served under Sir H. Hotham, in his encounter with the French, on the 14th of March, 1795, off Gourjon Bay. Soon after this, he had the charge of a small naval armament in the Adriatic, and next was employed, off the Italian coast, under the orders of Nelson. While on this service, he brought Lieutenant Fitzgerald, of the eleventh foot, to a court-martial, for disrespectful conduct; and the offender was accordingly dismissed from the army. This trial set at rest the doubt that had been entertained whether military officers were amenable to naval court-martials; a question which, on this occasion, was finally determined in the affirmative. In 1796, Captain Tyler was commissioned to L'Aigle frigate; and, after taking several privateers, was wrecked near Tunis, while in charge of despatches for Nelson. On his return home, he was appointed to the Warrior, seventy-four, which formed part of the main fleet; but, early in 1801, he was employed, for a short time, in the Baltic, under Sir Hyde Parker, and afterwards served till the peace of Amiens, in the blockade of Cadiz. In 1803, he was appointed to the command of a district of sea fencibles; and, in 1805, he was commissioned to the Tonnant, of eighty guns, in which he fought, and was wounded, at the battle of Trafalgar. On the 28th of April, 1808, Captain Tyler was made rearadmiral of the blue, and, shortly after, was appointed second in command at Portsmouth. In 1812, he was constituted commander-in-chief at the Cape of Good Hope, where he remained until 1815; early in which year he was

made a knight commander of the Bath. He was subsequently promoted to be admiral of the blue. Sir Charles Tyler was married to Miss Pike, of Portsmouth, on whose death he was united to a lady, named Leach, of Pembroke.

HOPE, (Sir WILLIAM JOHNSTONE,) was born at Finchley, on the 16th of August, 1766; and, entering the navy at the age of ten years, served on several stations, successively, in the Weasle, Hind, Crescent, Iphigenia, and Leucadia. He was subsequently employed in the Portland, on the Newfoundland station; and being appointed lieutenant, in October, 1782, he served in the Dædalus frigate, on the coast of Scotland, and the Incendiary, fire-ship. He was promoted June 9th, 1794, to the rank of post-captain, in the Bellerophon, seventy-four, which was particularly distinguished in Lord Howe's

memorable actions of the 28th and 29th of May, as well as the victory of the 1st of June; and, for his share in these brilliant affairs, Captain Hope was presented with a gold medal, by George the Third; and, in common with the rest of the officers, received the thanks of parliament. In February, 1798, he joined the Kent, a newly-launched seventy-four, in which he was present with Admiral Duncan, at the capture of the Helder, and at the surrender of the Dutch squadron. Being the bearer of the despatches announcing the latter event, he received the personal thanks of the king, with a purse of £500, and was soon after presented, by the Emperor of Russia, with the insignia of a knight of Malta. In 1807, he was called to the board of admiralty, but vacated his seat in 1809. He was appointed colonel of marines, August 1st, 1811; rear-admiral, August 12th, 1812; commander-in-chief at Leith, November, 1813; K. C. B., January 2nd, 1815; and re-appointed to the chief command at Leith, in the spring of 1816, which he retained until September, 1818. He was promoted to be vice-admiral, August 12th, 1819; and, in January, 1820, he again became a lord of the admiralty. In March, 1828, he was appointed treasurer of Greenwich Hospital; and, he subsequently became one of the five commissioners for the better regulation of that institution. Sir W. J. Hope was, for thirty

years, a member of the house of commons, and represented the shire of Dumfries, during six parliaments. The character of Sir W. J. Hope as a naval officer, was uniformly held in high estimation, on account of his considerable nautical skill and experience; and although, on the numerous services in which he was employed, fortune never favoured him with any remarkable opportunity of signalizing himself, yet he invariably performed the duties intrusted to him with zeal and fidelity.

PARKER, (RICHARD,) was born at Exeter, about the year 1767; and, after having received a decent education, served in the navy, until the conclusion of the American war. On his return home, he contracted a marriage, by which he obtained a small sum of money, but soon dissipated it, and was afterwards imprisoned for debt at Edinburgh. After his release, he became a common sailor; and, being placed on board the fleet at the Nore, on the breaking out of the mutiny there, the seamen appointed him their leader. His first act in this character was to take down the flag of the Sandwich, ninety-eight guns, of which he was a sailor, and to hoist a red one instead; an example that was immediately followed by all the other ships. By the prudence, however, of Lord Howe, the revolt was soon put down; and Parker having been secured, was tried by a court-martial, and condemned to be hanged, which sentence was carried into execution, on the 30th of June, 1797. He behaved with remarkable firmness and composure during his trial, and met his death with great resignation and tranquillity. In his defence he stated, that he entered into the views of the mutineers for the purpose of checking the bad spirit that then prevailed; and that, conscious of the purity of his intentions, he was enabled to await with calmness the decision of the court. He, however, acknowledged the justice of his sentence; and, a few minutes previously to his execution, took a glass of wine, saying, "I drink, first to the salvation of my soul, and next to the forgiveness of all my enemies."

STOPFORD, (Sir ROBERT,) third son of the Earl of Courtown, was born

in February, 1768, and obtained post rank in the navy in 1790. He commanded, successively, the Lowestoffe, the Aquilon, and the Phaeton; in which latter vessel he took several prizes, under the orders of Lord Cornwallis and Sir J. B. Warren. He subsequently served in the Mediterranean and in the West Indies, under Nelson; and was wounded, under Admiral Duckworth, in the successful pursuit of the Rochefort squadron, off St. Domingo. After the battle, he proceeded to Jamaica with the prizes; and some time subsequently, went with the expedition against Copenhagen; and participated in the taking of the Danish fleet and naval stores by Lord Gambier. Captain Stopford was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral of the blue on the 28th of April, 1808; and, with a command in the channel fleet, was stationed, with a small force, in the Basque Roads, in the year 1809, when the French admiral, Allemande, made his appearance. The Naiad, which had been despatched off Ushant to acquaint Gambier of the circumstance, made signal that three strange sail were in sight; on which Stopford's squadron gave chase, and succeeded in driving three French frigates ashore, near the Sable d'Olonnes. He was afterwards connected with the attempt to destroy the French fleet in the Aix Roads; and, previously to Lord Cochrane's arrival, had solicited permission to attack, with fire-ships, the enemy's fleet in the Basque Roads; and though he did not conduct the enterprise, his skilful disposition of the boats procured for him the praise of the commander-inchief, and a vote of thanks from parliament. In 1810, he assumed the command at the Cape of Good Hope; and, afterwards, headed the naval squadron in the reduction of Java. After this service, for which he received the thanks of parliament, he returned to the Cape of Good Hope; and, early in 1813, proceeded thence to England in the President frigate. Admiral Stopford was constituted a colonel of marines, and elected member of parliament for Ipswich. On the 12th of August, 1812, he was made a viceadmiral; and, on the demise of George the Fourth, held the rank of admiral of the blue; and, on the 2nd of January,

1815, he was created a knight commander of the Bath.

BEAUCLERK, (Lord AMELIUS,) third son of the fourth Duke of St. Alban's, was born in 1768; and entering the naval service, on board the Jackall, in 1782, soon after served in the Salisbury, on the Newfoundland station. He, subsequently, accompanied Commodore Gardner to the West Indies, where he was appointed to act as lieutenant in 1789, and he obtained a confirmation of his rank on his arrival in England. In 1793, he obtained the rank of post-captain in the Nemesis; and afterwards, commanded, successively, the Juno, the Dryad, and the Fortunée; in each of which he distinguished himself by his gallantry and skill. In the summer of 1810, he superintended the debarkation of a division of Lord Chatham's army, its guns, &c., on the pestilential island of Walcheren; a service he executed with great skill and activity. He afterwards assumed the government of Campvere, and the charge of the fleet and storeships in the Roompot, during the absence of Sir Richard Strachan, the commander-in-chief, with the army at Flushing. On his return from this expedition, his lordship, in the Royal Oak, resumed his station in the channel. Lord Amelius Beauclerk was made colonel of marines, July 31st, 1810; rear-admiral, August 1st, 1811; K. C. B., January 2nd, 1815; F. R. S., in the same year; and vice-admiral, August 12th, 1819. The professional career of this nobleman, though not exhibiting any peculiar features which would distinguish it from that of many other brave and meritorious officers, has been perfectly unsullied, praiseworthy, and honourable. His lordship's private character is above reproach, though tinged with some degree of eccentricity and roughness.

SEYMOUR, (Sir MICHAEL,) was born on the 8th of November, 1768, and having entered the navy, served, successively, in the Merlin, the Portland, the Mediator, and the Ganges. In 1790, he was appointed lieutenant of the Magnificent, which he quitted for the Marlborough, distinguished as one of Lord Howe's fleet, on the occasion of

the celebrated battle of the 1st of June, 1794, in which Lieutenant Seymour was wounded. He was soon after promoted to the rank of commander; and during five years, in which he was employed in the Spitfire sloop, he captured, in the channel, six privateers, a transport, a French vessel, laden with stores, and several other prizes. On the 11th of June, 1800, he was advanced to the rank of post-captain, and, having been appointed to various frigates and ships of the line, he, in 1808, served under Lord Gambier, in the Amethyst. This vessel, mounting forty-two guns, and carrying one hundred and sixty men, fell in, on the 10th of November, with the Thetis, French frigate, having on board a complement of four hundred and thirty-six men, one hundred and six of whom were soldiers. She struck to the Amethyst, after a close action, which continued from ten o'clock in the evening till twenty minutes after midnight. The English vessel, as well as the French, was materially damaged, and the battle was bravely fought on both sides. Captain Seymour, on his return, received a gold medal from the king; a piece of plate, worth one hundred guineas, from the Patriotic Fund; and was presented with the freedom of the cities of Cork and Limerick. On the 6th of April, 1809, being still in the Amethyst, he captured, after a two hours' close engagement, the Niemen, of forty-six guns, which had previously eluded a long chase, and sustained a running fight, which lasted from halfpast nine at night until one in the morning. Captain Seymour was, in the ensuing month, created a baronet, and was next employed in the Walcheren expedition. On the 26th of March, 1814, being in the Hannibal, a third-rate, he captured, after a short pursuit, La Sultane, of forty-four guns, which had been already disabled. In January, 1815, he was made a knight commander of the Bath, and appointed to a royal yacht in a few years afterwards. He has issue several children by Lady Seymour, who is a daughter of the late Captain James Hawker, of the royal navy. Captain Sir Michael Seymour has acquired a very high reputation for skill and gallantry; but in encounters with single ships he was remarkably successful.

THOMPSON, (Sir THOMAS BOULDEN,) was born in 1768, and became a post-captain in the navy in November, 1790, previously to which time he had distinguished himself by capturing a French privateer of a very superior force. After serving under Lords St. Vincent and Nelson, Captain Thompson, whilst in command of the Leander, was intercepted, off the western end of Goza, near the Island of Candia, by Le Généreux, of seventyeight guns. The English vessel, having eighty below her proper quantity of men, besides having many wounded from the fleet, Thompson desired to avoid an action with a ship of such superior force; but being outsailed by his opponent, an engagement ensued, which was carried on with great spirit for several hours. At length, the Leander, being almost wholly disabled by the superior advantage of the enemy, was compelled to strike her colours. Captain Thompson was wounded in the action, and on an exchange of prisoners taking place, proceeded to England, where he was honourably acquitted, on a trial for the loss of his ship, by court-martial. He received the honour of knighthood from the king, with a pension of £200 per annum, and was presented with the freedom of the city, in a gold box, by the citizens of London. In 1799, he was appointed to the Bellona, in which ship he served under Lord Bridport, in the Mediterranean, and under Nelson, at the battle of Copenhagen, where one of his legs was shot off; a loss which he was compensated for by the thanks of parliament, and an increase of his pension to £500 a year. He was soon after nominated to the Mary yacht, and, in 1806, he was appointed comptroller of the navy, an office which he resigned in February, 1816, for the treasurership of Greenwich Hospital. He also became a director of the chest about the same period. On the 2nd January, 1815, he was made a knight commander of the Bath; and, on the 14th of September, 1822, a knight grand cross of the same order. He represented, in parliament, for several years, the city of Rochester, but vacated his seat when he took upon himself the office of treasurer abovementioned. His pension was farther increased, on the 27th of November,

1815, to an annual sum of £700. He was married, on the 25th of February, 1799, to Miss Anne Raikes, by whom he had five children: three sons and two daughters. He died on the 3d of March, 1828, at Hartsborne Manorhouse, Herts, aged sixty-two; at which period he was vice-admiral of the red, and a visitor of the West India naval school.

MANBY, (THOMAS,) was born about 1770; and became a midshipman in the navy in 1783. In 1790, he was employed under Captain Vancouver with whom he made a voyage to New Holland, and the north-west coast of America, in the ship Discovery, of which he became lieutenant. In 1796, being promoted to the rank of commander, he was appointed to the Charon, of fortyfour guns; and was employed in protecting merchantmen sailing between Cork and the Downs, and in conveying troops to Ireland during the rebellion. He was conspicuous for his loyal conduct during the mutiny at the Nore; and, after having been present at the blockade of Havre de Grace, was, in 1799, appointed a post-captain. Shortly afterwards, he captured a valuable French schooner off the Western Islands, and whilst accompanying a convoy of merchant-vessels to Jamaica, attacked and destroyed, with a very unequal force, the French brig, La Curieuse. Having landed his prisoners at Barbadoes, he made for Martinique, from which island he conducted the trading vessels in safety to Jamaica. On his arrival there, he was instructed by Lord Hugh Seymour to cruise in the Mona passage; and, after he had been in this station for some time, a Spaniard who had murdered his officer, came on board, from Porto Rico, and solicited his protection. Indignant at the request, he confined the culprit, and sailed for Aquadilla, where he disembarked the prisoner and delivered him up to the governor; at the same time intimating, that as the British colours disdained to protect a murderer, he sent him one, in the hope he would meet the fate he deserved. In August, 1802, he was paid off, but in October following, Earl St. Vincent, then first lord of the admiralty, sent for him, and observed, "I don't like to see

an active officer idle on shore; I therefore give you the Africaine, one of the finest frigates in the British navy." When the Africaine was completed, he sailed from the Nore, accompanied by a ship of inferior force, and proceeded off Helvoetsluys, where he was engaged for about two years in blockading two large French frigates laden with troops. Whilst on this service, he seized on sixty ships belonging to the Dutch fishery, in consequence of the following circumstance. Having sent four boys with a boat, for shrimps, they were fired upon by the French general; upon which, Captain Manby took the abovementioned step, and sent a note to the general, telling him, that as he had prevented him (Manby) from having shrimps to his turbot, so he would deprive the general from having turbot to his shrimps. He subsequently commanded the Uranie, and the Thalia; and previously to the death of George the Fourth, was appointed rear-admiral of the blue.

HEYWOOD, (PETER,) son of the seneschal to the Duke of Athol, entered the navy, at the age of thirteen, and sailed, soon after, in the Bounty. On the occurrence of the well-known mutiny, he, being the youngest midshipman, was confined between decks, after the commander and his adherents had been turned off, in a small boat, from the vessel. He remained, with fourteen others, for about a year and a half, at Otaheite; but the Pandora arriving at the island, on the 23d of March, 1791, he, together with Mr. Stewart, a brother midshipman, made himself known to the captain, by whose orders, both were, to their astonishment, placed in irons, and treated with the utmost severity. Mr. Heywood reached Spithead on the 20th of June, 1792, and took his trial in September, when, notwithstanding his protestation, that he was ignorant of the design of the mutiny, and that he was forced, against his will, to remain in the ship, his neutrality was considered tantamount to guilt, and sentence of death was recorded. It was, however, accompanied by a strong recommendation to mercy; and, in five weeks afterwards, he obtained a free and unconditional pardon. Lord Hood, who had presided at his trial, now volunteered