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portion from the sea, for which he received a gold medal from the Society of Arts and Sciences; and by a vigorous and unremitting discharge of his duty as a magistrate of the county of Essex, contributed in the most effectual manner to the good order and government of that part of the county. So well satisfied were the Lord-Lieutenant, Sheriff, and the principal gentlemen of the county, of his meritorious services, that they signed a memorial upon the case, which was presented to the Bishop of London by his Lordship's Chancellor Sir William Scott.

Subsequently to these transactions, however, Mr. Dudley has obtained some satisfaction in return for the hardships of the case from the hands of govern ment. Within the course of the last year he has been preferred to be Chancellor of the diocese of Ferns, with the rectory of Kelcoran, in Ireland, annexed, which are very valuable appointments.

Mr. Dudley is married to a lady, whose accomplishments of mind and person are the themes of universal panegyric. With this lady (formerly Miss White) he has enjoyed an uninterrupted course of domestic felicity for the space of twenty-six years. Perhaps there scarcely exists any instance in which those truly beneficent qualities of mind, feeling, and benevolence, are united so closely as in the persons of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley: objects of charity never apply at their door for relief in vain; and while the heart overflows at the tale of woe, the hand is opened to chase away the gloom of despair. Various are the instances

instances falling within our remembrance, in which, to use the language of the poet, they have

"Done good, and blush'd to find it fame."

Mr. Dudley possesses a vigorous mind, much vivacity in conversation, and is particularly firm in his friendships. As is always the case with men of generous hearts, he is strong in his resentments of injuries: his own honour, which never was tarnished, is slow to forgive a dereliction of principle in other men ; yet he must be allowed to possess a proper sense of that" charity to the faults of others," which his divine master's doctrines so beautifully inculcate.

As an author, Mr. Dudley has favoured the public with a variety of theatrical pieces, among which may be noticed The Flitch of Bacon, The Woodman, The Travellers in Switzerland, The Rival Candidates, &c.; all of which have been received by the public with the utmost approbation, and deservedly rank as favourites.

VICE-ADMIRAL SIR A. MITCHELL, K. B. COMMANDER IN CHIEF AT HALIFAX.

"England, bound in with the triumphant sea,

Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege
Of wat❜ry Neptune."
KING RICHARD II.

THE navy, to borrow a well-known phrase from its own vocabulary, may be justly termed "the sheet anchor" of the British Isles. In the course of our labours we have been eager therefore to present

its living worthies in succession to the public eye; and now gladly seize the present opportunity of adding another to the groupe. Our maritime position is admirably adapted for rearing a school of heroes, and the success with which our ancestors as well as ourselves have attended to this circumstance, fully justifies the exclamation of our great dramatic bard:

"This happy breed of men; this little world;

This precious stone set in the silver sea,

Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands;

This blessed spot, this earth, this realm, this England."

It is to this fortunate position, indeed, and the consequences arising out of it, that we are indebted alike for our glory and our security. A period of more than half a century has now elapsed since the tranquillity of our island has been disturbed by the note of war, and in the course of that time, we have repeatedly carried terror and destruction to the shores of our enemies by means of our fleets and armies. Even now, when Europe is again in uproar, and hostile armies advance against each other, on the banks of the Rhine and the Adige, Britain enjoys the same happy security as in the piping times of peace.

Sir Andrew Mitchell is a native of one of the southern counties of Scotland. He was born in or about the year 1757, and received his education at Edinburgh, in one of those public grammar-schools 1805-1806. Mm

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which contribute so powerfully to the education of the youth of that country. His father having died while young, the care of his early years devolved entirely on the mother, who we believe still survives, and resides at or near Leith.

Being destined for the navy,* he was placed on the quarter-deck of the Rippon, then commanded by the late Admiral Sir Edward Vernon, with whom he repaired to India in 1776, and he exhibits a memorable instance of a young man's arriving in Asia in the capacity of a midshipman, and returning to Europe as a post-captain.

France having declared in favour of the insurgent Americans, India soon became the scene of action, and Sir Edward Vernon, who we believe then hoisted a broad pendant as a commodore, had several brushes with the enemy. On the 10th of August 1778, in particular, he fell in with the fleet

He is not the only gentleman of his name who has distinguished himself in the sea-service of this country. Sir David Mitchell, descended from a family more celebrated for integrity than riches, after serving during seven years as an appren tice in a coasting vessel out of Leith, happened to be pressed, and distinguished himself in such a manner during the second Dutch war, in the reign of Charles II. that in 1667-8 he was promoted to be a lieutenant, and afterwards to be a captain, in the latter of which capacities he commanded the Ruby and the Richmond. In the reign of William III. he rose to be an admiral, and the last public act of his life appears to have been his mission to the Dutch, in character of a Plenipotentiary, to expostulate with their High Mightinesses, on account of the deficiency of their quota.

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commanded by M. Frangolly, on the coast of Coromandel, on which occasion an indecisive action took place. But although the British squadron did not succeed in bringing the enemy to close quarters, yet it obliged them to leave the coast, on which the commodore took possession of the anchorage in Pondicherry road, and co-operated effectually in the reduction of that place. In the mean time Mr. Mitchell, who had been for some time a lieutenant, was promoted to the command of the Coventry of twenty-eight guns.

Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, having sailed from Spithead on the 8th of March 1779, on his arrival assumed the command in the Indian seas, and opened such a scene for naval tactics, as had never before been witnessed in that distant quarter of the globe. Being on board a small vessel, Captain Mitchell of course had it not in his power to enter the line of battle, which was so often formed against the able and gallant Count de Suffrein, and therefore was unable to distinguish himself in any of the general actions of that day. But in 1782, while cruising off Ceylon, we find him attacking the Bellona, a French forty-gun ship, which was forced to sheer off, after a sharp action of two hours and a half, in the course of which fifteen men were killed and twenty-nine wounded on the part of the English, and take refuge in the French fleet.*

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Copy of a letter from Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, dated Superb, in Madras Road, August 16, 1782," to P. Stephens, Esq. Secretary to the Admiralty:

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