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Commodore Nelson joined his own ship, the Captain, of 74 guns; he assisted in the glorious battle on the following day. La Minerve conti nued on the Mediterranean station until the suspension of hostilities, and cruised with considerable success, capturing several privateers and valuable merchantmen. On September 2, 1801, Captain Cockburn assisted at the capture of the Success, formerly a British frigate, and destruction of the Bravoure of 46 guns, and 283 men. Towards the end of the year, La Minerve returned to England with the flag of Sir J. B. Warren. In the summer of 1803, he was appointed to the Phaeton, of 38 guns, in which he conveyed Mr. Merry, ambassador to the United States, his lady and suite, to New York, from whence he sailed to the East Indies, where he was employed for some time blockading the Isle of France. In the summer of 1805 he quitted the Phæton, and took command of the Howe, in which ship the Marquis Wellesly returned to England, where the Howe arrived in January, 1806. In July of the same year he was appointed to the Captain, 74; about March 1808, to the Aboukir, a new 74 gun ship; and afterwards to the Pompée, of 80 guns, in which ship he assisted at the reduction of Martinique, in February, 1809, under the command of Sir Alexander Cochrane, who entrusted the naval arrangements entirely to him. In the following In the following summer Capt. Cockburn commanded the Belleisle, 74, in the expedition to the Scheldt, and there commanded a division of bombs and gun vessels, which bombarded the town of Flushing, until the French commandant signified his intentions to surrender; he was then selected, with the adjutant-general of the army, to settle the terms of capitulation. Early in 1810 he was appointed to the Implacable, another third-rate, and was employed under Sir Richard Keats in the defence of Cadiz; he was subsequently sent

to South America to mediate between Spain and her trans-atlantic colonies. On August 1, 1811, he was nominated colonel of Royal Marines; on August 12, 1812, advanced to the rank of rear-admiral, and shortly afterwards hoisted his flag in the Marlborough, 74, and proceeded to the coast of North America. In the month of April, 1813, the rear-admiral commenced a desultory warfare in the southern part of the United States, by proceeding with a light squadron up the Chesapeake bay, where he continued employed during the remainder of the war with America, with his flag in the Severn, of 50 guns; he then returned to England.

In July, 1815, when the late ruler of the French nation surrendered himself to the British, Sir George Cockburn was appointed commander-in-chief at the Cape of Good Hope and the island of St. Helena. To his care was confided that personage, to be conveyed to the latter place for the purpose of secure detention. On August 8, the rear-admiral sailed from Plymouth, with his flag on board the Northumberland, 74, and on October 16, following, landed his turbulent prisoner at St. Helena, where Sir George continued until the arrival of Sir Hudson Lowe, to whom he transferred his charge; and after being relieved, in the command of his squadron by Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he returned to England about the middle of 1816.

On February 20, 1818, Sir George Cockburn was created a G. C. B. and in the following month obtained a seat at the Board of Admiralty; at the general election, the same year, was chosen member of parliament for the borough of Portsmouth, and in 1820 for the borough of Weobly; on August 12, 1819, he attained the rank of viceadmiral; and on April 5, 1821, he was appointed major-general of the Royal Marines. Gazetteer.

-Norrie's Naval

ANECDOTES, WITTICISMS, &c.

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 public career, that we arrived at Norfolk, 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 evening on shore, we availed ourselves of a little leisure that occurred, and accompanied by a young Scotchman, 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 disrespectfully 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 Yankees, 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 Constitution; 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 notwithstanding that order was in some measure restored, they still continued to undervalue 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 had served on the American station,

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?" " ing 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;

"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 head 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 Yankees, 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

not comprehend it. He was, how ever, soon extricated from this dilemma by the arrival of a naval captain and his spouse in a pheaton and pair. On the captain's enquiring the reason of the ostler's standing motionless, and in a sort of reverie, the latter replied, that a sailor gentleman had ordered him. to calabash the horse, and that he did not understand what calabashing meant. "No," said the cap. tain, "why you must cut off its ears and its tail." These instructions the ostler complied with, as soon as he had disposed of the captain's equipage. The jolly tar, who was sitting at a window above, and had overheard all that passed between the captain and the ostler, resolved upon being a match for the facetious captain. Accordingly, Jack had no sooner finished his repast, than he descended into the stable, and taking a knife out of his pocket, ripped up the mouths of the captain's horses, even to their ears; he then ordered his docked, or rather calabashed horse, to be brought in front of the window where the captain and his spouse were sitting, enjoying the fresh air. As soon as Jack mounted his horse, the captain exclaimed, "So Jack, they have calabashed horse." "Yes, sir," your rejoined he; and I am happy to say, that yours have split their jaws with laughing at him."

The Quid of Tobacco." This," said he, wistfully eyeing a stale quid of tobacco, which he was twirling between the fore-finger and the thumb of his right hand, "this is the fourth watch, besides two dog watches, that this stale chaw o'backee has been overhauled by my toothless gums: but now it is as dry as a haddick, and must go overboard for a fair wind:

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low can't fleet his quid under a Spanish dollar! a Spanish dollar did I say? why the last cost that, and God knows what I shall have to give for the next-perhaps a joe! Well, it can't be helped; I must have a bit of backee, if it costs me the last shot I have in the locker."

Oddities of Seamen. It is Jack's custom, wherever he goes, to call every one he encounters abroard, a mere outlandish man, forgetting that it is himself alone who is so. Should the people he meets with happen to understand a word or two of English, he is satisfied, and they are set down for sensible people; otherwise he pities their ignorance, and laughs at the folly of their designating common. things by names strange to his ears. I remember once overhearing the conversation of two of my sailors in the streets of Valparasio, who had been only a few days in the country; one said to the other, "What do you think of these people?""Why," replied his companion, with a look of thorough contempt, "will you believe it, the infernal fools call a hat a Sombrero!"

Captain Basil Hall.

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The late Earl of Charlemont used to relate, that he and some travelling friends were once nearly shipwrecked in a tempest in the Archipelago; when at the unexpected crisis of their fate, the ship's carpenter, who was a favourite with the passengers, entered the cabin to give the following hopeful consideration:-"Masters," said he, "the captain has, I find, been with you; but never fear, the ship is a tight one; I have examined her thoroughly. There is not an inch in her with which I am unacquainted-she is strong and good. There is, indeed, one rotten plank, and that a principal one-let that but hold, and we are all safe." Frank Burton (afterwards Lord Conyngham) who is described as

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brandy, and filling a glass for each of us, Now, lads,' he said, 'I'll teach you the first thing a seaman larns; that is to splice the main brace. Do as I do;' and he swallowed the contents of his glass at a single gulp.

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preceeding night, and a lank illlooking person, who seemed to have a supreme authority on board. He ordered every body about; and on his telling me to do something I didn't like, I, who was never fond of control, told him I wouldn't.

"He burst out immediately into a furious passion, and swore all kinds of sea oaths at me; threatening to be athwart my quarter if I didn't obey him. The captain was standing by, and I appealed to him. Captain,' I said, am I to do whatever this fellow tells me?'

"We obeyed him without hesitation, and this finished our business. We were as completely drunk as any two youngsters in Christendom. The captain then produced some papers, which he told us contained an engagement to sail with him to the West Indies, and he asked us to sign them. If we had been sober, we should not, I dare say, have refused; but drunk as we were we signed without looking at the papers, and without hesitation.

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"Fellow, brother! Egad you'd better not call him fellow. I'm the captain, it's true: but he's a bigger man than me; he's the admiral.' As he said this the old villian thrust his tongue into the cheek that was not filled with tobacco, and winked at the tall man, who laughed aloud, and swearing at me worse than be fore, said, if I didn't obey him, he'd make every beam in my body

Now boys,' said the captain, 'I recommend you to turn into your births, and take a snooze: I'll come and pipe you out of your hammocks betimes to-morrow; and then aboard the lovely Sally, and hey for the West Indies!' After this advice he squeezed our hands in his horny palm, which was very like a bear's foot, and bade us good night.

"We got to bed as well as we could, and the next morning each of us awoke with a terrible head-ache. The thoughts, however, of the new life that we were about to begin, were so delightful to our boyish fancies, that we cared little for this inconvenience; and after breakfasting with our new friend, we went aboard the Lovely Sally.'

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"I was taken all aback in a mo-
ment, and began to suspect we had
been trepanned. I thought it was
better to take his advice, particu-
larly when I saw the admiral, as he
called him, grasp his cudgel reso-
lutely and so I did as I was bid.
I then went in search of Charley:
and, upon imparting my suspicions
to him, I found that he had formed"
a similar opinion. To our further
astonishment we made for the shore
on the close of the same day; and
as soon as the night had set in, and
the corn, which appeared to form
our cargo, had been removed, a
quantity of barrels were taken from
under it, and were lowered into a
boat, in which the admiral, with all
the crew, excepting the old captain,
placed themselves and rowed away.
I then began to ask the old fellow
what this meant, and why we didn't
keep on our course for the West
Indies.

Notwithstanding our inclination to view every thing in the best light, we could'nt help thinking the ship was very small, and, by the side of some of the vessels we saw in the port, a very shabby-looking We had little time, however, now to reflect upon this, or any thing else, as the preparations for getting the ship out, and for sailing, gave us sufficient employment. A fresh breeze sprung up, and we soon lost sight of the shore.

concern.

"The ship's crew consisted of sir men, besides our old friend of the

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"Yes,"I said; 'but you know we engaged to go to the West Indies.' "I I tell you what brother,' said he, 'you're a likely lad, and I'll let you into a secret. We an't going to the West Indies at all; and, if you take my advice, you'll do your work, and hold your tongue. This here Lovely Sally is a little coaster, and you're apprenticed to the owner of her for seven years: that's the owner that's gone ashore, and I am no more a captain than you are; and we do a trifle of smuggling when we can, wherewith the captain has now gone ashore to land some brandy; and we were mainly in want of two boys, whereby I bound you to the owner; and now whether you like it or no, you must stay.'

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"My rage at this news, and at the coolness with which the old ruffian told it to me, almost choaked me. But I was obliged to swallow my anger; I had not an inkstand in my hand, and, if I had, his head was harder, and he was bigger than old Scourge; besides, I could not jump out of window, and run away. I couldn't say a word, but turned into my hammock, where Charley and I cried bitterly, and vowed vengeance until we went to sleep.

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the truth of what the old rascal had told me, and we gave ourselves up for lost. The treatment we received from the villians on board was such that I thought old Scourge's birch a mere pastime to it."

My Grandmother's Guests.

NAVAL BIOGRAPHY.

Vice-Admiral Sir W. J. HOPE, G. C. B. began his naval career in 1776, being then ten years of age, in the Weazle, of 14 guns; and in October, 1782, obtained the rank of lieutenant in the Dædalus frigate, in which ship he remained until the end of the war. He served in various ships during the peace; and early in 1790 obtained the command of the Rattle sloop, from which vessel he was removed in the month of June, to act as captain of the Adamant, then bearing Sir R. Hughes's flag, on the North American station. He was subsequently appointed acting captain of the Penelope, which ship he paid off in the summer of 1792. In January, 1793, he commissioned the Incendiary fire ship; and in January 9, 1794, obtained post rank in the Bellerophon, 74, bearing the broad pendant, and afterwards the flag of the late Sir T. Pasley, which ship was in Lord Howe's action with the Republican fleet on May 28, 29, and June 1. For his gallant con

duct on that occasion, Capt. Hope was presented with a gold medal, and, in common with the other officers of the fleet, received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. He continued in the Bellerophon till January, 1795, and subsequently commanded the Tremendous and the Venerable, the latter bearing the flag of Admiral Duncan, in the North Sea; but in consequence of a violent contusion which he received on the head, about the month of October, 1796, he was obliged to

resign his command. During the year 1797, he was employed equipping ten sail of gun-brigs at Leith. In February, 1798, Captain Hope was appointed to the Kent, 74, which ship bore the flag of Lord Duncan in the expedition against Holland, in August, 1799. On that occasion, he was present at the capture of the Helder, and surrender of the Dutch squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Storey; and was afterwards charged with the official despatches to the Admiralty.

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