handsome table ornament of the value of 500 guineas, which they requested him to accept as a token of their respect and regard. But even these honours were hardly more acceptable to a heart like his, than the spontaneous gratitude of the 1,200 Christians whom he had delivered from bondage.

On the demise of Sir John Thomas Duckworth, in the autumn of 1817, Lord Exmouth was appointed to the chief command at Plymouth; where he continued, with his flag in the Impregnable of 104 guns, until the 1st of February, 1821, when he finally retired from the active duties of his profession; and, except when attending his more important functions in the House of Lords, passed the remainder of his days at his beautiful retreat at Teignmouth. There, while enjoying repose in the bosom of his own family, he looked back on the chequered scene of his former services, with unmingled gratitude for all the dangers he had escaped, — all the mercies he had experienced, and all the happiness he enjoyed. Retired from the strife and vanity of the world, his thoughts were raised with increasing fervour to Him who had guarded his head in the day of battle, and had led him safely through the hazards of the pathless sea. No longer harassed by the cares and responsibility of public service, religion, which he had always held in reverence, now struck deeper root in his heart, and nothing was more gratifying to the contemplation of his family and his most attached friends, than the Christian serenity which shed its best blessings on his latter days.

From the foregoing sketch of Lord Exmouth's active life, the principal features of his character may be readily traced. His talents, though peculiarly devoted to his profession, were distinguished by quick perception and prompt judgment, which, notwithstanding the defects of early education, were displayed, whether in speech or in writing, with a native force and eloquence highly characteristic, and wholly exempt from all tincture of affectation. The warmth of his heart shone forth in all his conduct; and, if sometimes its excess affected his temper, the ebullition was soon over, and rarely survived

the occasion which produced it. It should be remembered, that when he first entered the Royal Navy, a severity of discipline, and a coarseness of language and deportment prevailed among sea-officers, even of the highest rank, which is now almost (we wish we could say altogether) banished from the profession. No commander more cordially encouraged the growth of this better spirit among his followers than did Lord Exmouth. His steady patronage of those who depended solely on him for promotion, though often prejudicial to himself, was highly creditable to his heart, if not always rewarded with success. When such failures occurred, he would some

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times say, "If I desert them, nobody else will take them up," and in thus yielding to a benevolent feeling, he thereby lost much of the advantage of worldly policy, which seeks its own interest by the dexterous distribution of preferThe selfish principle inherent in every human breast seems to have been early subdued in this generous man. Few parents are disposed to relinquish their possessions while living, but Lord Exmouth, as his children successively married, gave each so liberal a portion, that his fortune must have been greatly reduced many years before his decease. In this generous conduct he had the example of the illustrious Newton, who, when his friends remonstrated upon his giving away most of his possessions, calmly replied, "If I defer it till my death, they will not be mine to give."

As a Commander-in-Chief, Lord Exmouth kept a very hospitable though unostentatious table, from which a liberal portion was daily set apart for the sick, whom he visited with constant and unaffected kindness. His treatment of his guests was peculiarly frank and cordial, and while in all essentials he did the honours of reception with the true feelings of an English gentleman, there was a sufficient remnant of the blunt seaman of the old school to give a characteristic naïveté to his general deportment.

"The writer of this article," says an able and gallant biographer of his Lordship, in the United Service Journal, to whose narrative, and to " Marshall's Royal Naval Biography"

we are chiefly indebted for the materials of this little Memoir, 66 was a near observer of Lord Exmouth's character for the space of ten years, during which he had abundant opportunities of marking his conduct under every variety of circumstances and situation; and while he gladly avails himself of this occasion to express the grateful attachment to him which was generated by that long and intimate association, he can truly say that the qualities of the Admiral's head and heart never appeared to such advantage as when placed under the most trying and difficult emergencies. At such times his mind appeared at once to expand in proportion to the demand upon its powers. His manly aspect, his cool, collected manner, and encouraging expressions, spread a magic effect among his officers and men, who, while they obeyed him with zealous promptitude, looked up to him with unreserved confidence in his skill and intrepidity. Twice, when the Culloden (which bore his flag) was on fire, we witnessed his remarkable self-possession. He quietly assumed the direction, and allayed the sudden panic which this terrible disaster too often spreads among the crew. The same calm determination was equally conspicuous amidst the fury of the hurricane or the thunder of the broadside. All who have had the advantage of beholding the conduct of our lamented chief will cordially acknowledge that, on such occasions, Lord Exmouth had no superior."

Lord Exmouth was appointed Vice-Admiral of England, February 15th, 1832.

His Lordship had been for a considerable time suffering under severe illness, in the first stage of which he became quite delirious, and was wholly engrossed with the idea that he was then actually engaged in fighting the Dutch fleet. A few days before his death he appeared to feel himself better, and, in noticing the improvement, said, "I have lately been going to leeward, but now I think I am working to windward again." He expired at Teignmouth, on the 23rd of January, 1833, surrounded by his family, one of whom, the Very Rev. the Dean of Norwich, had arrived only a few minutes before.

Lord Exmouth married, May 28th, 1783, Susannah, second daughter of James Frowd, Esq., of Knowle, in Wiltshire; and by that lady, who survives him, had issue four sons and two daughters:-1. The Hon. Emma Mary, married in 1803 to Adam Sir Lawrence William Halsted, K. C. B.; 2. The Right Hon. Pownoll Bastard, now Lord Viscount Exmouth, a Captain in the Royal Navy, and Naval Aid-decamp to the King; he was born in 1786, and having been twice married, first in 1808 to Eliza Harriet, eldest daughter of Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Bart. and G. C. B.; and secondly, in 1822, to Georgiana Janet, eldest daughter of Mungo Dick, Esq., has issue by both wives; 3. The Hon. Julia, who was married in 1810 to Captain Richard Harwood, R. N., and died in 1831; 4. The Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, a Captain R. N.; he married in 1816 Harriet, only daughter of the late Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart, by Elizabeth, now Lady Holland; and has an only surviving daughter; 5. The Hon. and Very Rev. George Pellew, Dean of Norwich, and a Prebendary of York; he married in 1820 the Hon. Frances Addington, second daughter of Lord Viscount Sidmouth, and has four daughters; 6. The Hon. and Rev. Edward Pellew, Vicar of Christowe; he married in 1826 Marianne, eldest daughter of the late Stephen Winthrop, M. D., and has issue.

The funeral of Lord Exmouth took place on the 6th of February at Christowe, in which parish the mansion and estate of Canonteign are situated. His Lordship had expressed a wish that his funeral should be conducted with the utmost privacy; but the desire to show respect to this brave sailor and excellent nobleman was so strong that a very numerous cortége, composed of the carriages of the neighbouring nobility and gentry, attended. The flags at Teignmouth on board the ships, and on all the flag-staffs, were struck half-mast, the shops were closed, and every possible demonstration of respect was exhibited. The British ensign, under which his Lordship had served and fought in every quarter of the globe, was used in lieu of a pall; and on the coffin was placed the flag (blue

at the main) which flew at the mast head of the Queen Charlotte during the arduous conflict at Algiers; several shots had passed through this honourable emblem of the departed nobleman's great achievement; the sword his Lordship wore on that occasion, hung with crape, was also placed on the coffin. His Lordship's four sons, his son-in-law Captain Harwood, and other near relations of his family, attended on the occasion, as did also Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Ekins, Captain the Hon. T. W. Aylmer, and Captain Parson, all of whom served under his Lordship at Algiers; Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Dashwood, Captain Bastard, Captain Hill, Captain Reynolds, and others of the Royal Navy; Mr. Bentinck, Rev. Mr. Carrington, Mr. Munro, Mr. Chichester, and many other gentlemen. On the conclusion of the solemnity, a young oak tree was planted, and named the Exmouth Oak, opposite the door of the vault.