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time, conducted by Admiral Mitchell into an English port, under the escort of six sail of British, and two Russian ships of the line, Admiral Dickson having been left behind, to superintend the embarkation of the troops. Soon after his arrival in England, his Majesty, as a distinguished mark of his satisfaction with the conduct of the officer who had won the only trophy obtained during this expedition, was pleased to confer upon him the ensigns of the order of the Bath.

.. In 1800 we find Sir Andrew in the Channel fleet, under Admiral Lord Bridport, with his flag flying in the Windsor Castle of 98 guns; he afterwards served under Admiral Cornwallis, off Brest, but no circum stance occurred for the display of either his courage or conduct. Yet upon this, as on every other occasion, he had an opportunity of rendering every one on board happy. Although he well knew how to keep up a proper degree of subordination, he lived with

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his officers in the same manner as a father among his children; and when obliged to part with them—for several gentlemen educated on his quarter-deck are at this moment Post-Captains--he could scarcely refrain from tears. Being fond of music, he was provided with an excellent band; and all the officers, not on duty, were accustomed to assemble every evening in the great cabin, to enjoy the concert provided for them.

In the autumn of the succeeding year, he was intrusted with the command of a division of fifteen

* Squadron ordered to Bantry Bay, in November 1801, under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell, K. B.

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sail of the line, with which he cruized off the coast of Ireland; and at length, in 1802, was appointed commander in chief in North America, with which appointment he repaired to Halifax in the Leander, of 50 guns.

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While on this station he has lost his wife, Lady Mitchell, who had been sent to Bermuda for the benefit of her health, and died there in 1803. was also in imminent danger of losing one of his children, his eldest son having been severely wounded during the gallant action between the Cleopatra, Captain Sir Robert Lawrie, Bart. and la Ville de Milan *.

As the usual period of three years is now elapsed, the arrival of the gallant Vice-Admiral is impatiently expected by his friends in England.

The following is a list of his various promotions:
He was appointed a Captain, Oct. 25, 1778;
A Rear-Admiral, June 1, 1795;

A Vice-Admiral of the White, Feb. 14, 1799;
And a Vice-Admiral of the Red, in 1799.

MADAME D'ARBLAY.

MADAME d'Arblay, the subject of this biographical Sketch, is the daughter of Doctor Burney,

* Mr. Mitchell was then only a Midshipman in the navy; but on this occasion he served as acting Lieutenant on board the Cleopatra of 32 guns, which was captured on the 16th of February, 1805, by a French 50 gun ship, after a most severe action, in which she had all her rigging, &c. cut to pieces.

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the eminent professor and historian of music. This gentleman is not more admired on account of his abilities in a science, which universally engages enthusiastic attention, than he is esteemed as a faithful friend, a prudent counsellor, and an amiable companion. Perhaps this charming union of fine qualities, being continually before the eyes of the meditative Frances, (the heroine of this memoir,) might, in the course of her reflections, suggest the character of the Reverend Mr. Tyrold!-Persons who know the one, and have read the description of the other, cannot fail to recognize the likeness, and to acknowledge, that while the works of his daughter shall have a place in the libraries of his country, Doctor Burney will need no other monument of his talents and virtues.

All the children of this worthy and accomplished man, have reflected honour on their parent; but the lady, whose intellectual plan of life we are now going to unfold, was justly the most admired and if the compliment be thought very high, which tells a woman that she is "fairest, where all are fair!" the declaration of the merit of Miss Burney is not faint praise, which names her "most admirable, where all have been admired."

Doctor Burney sought, by every inducement of persuasion and example, to lead all his children towards those studious pursuits which were consonant with the strain of his own mind; but he found that no stress was necessary to turn the attention and labours of his daughter Frances, into that track: "Song was

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her favourite, and her first desire;" and while the employment of her life was a search after wisdom,

"Whate'er of beautiful, or new,

Sublime, or dreadful, in earth, sea, or sky,
By chance, or search, was offer'd to her view,
She scann'd with curious, and romantic eye.
Whate'er of lore, tradition could supply
From Gothic tale, or song, or fable old,
Rous'd ber still keen, to listen and to pry."

Her infancy, though adorned with the usual ornaments of female education; a dexterity in managing the needle and the pencil; was devoted, like that of the young Edwin of Beattie, to the acquirement of the nobler decorations of science and philosophy. As the Doctor, who directed her studies, saw the wide field in which he had to move, he did not attempt to circumscribe the excursions of his pupil's mind. He allowed her to range at large through the momentous defiles, and tremendous heights of history. He did not restrain her, when her adventurous spirit sought the more daring and trackless regions of romance. She possessed a solid understanding, as well as an excursive fancy; and when the bird flew abroad into the wilderness of fable, her careful guardian knew that she remembered where the olive grew, and that she would return, to again sip with him from the fountain of truth.

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Her library presented to the eye, a visible picture of those visionary scenes which poets tell of, when they describe that elysium in which the great ones of all times, parties, and talents, will be friends and contemporaries.

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