by John Marshall

“ Our officer was subsequently nominated one of the Lieutenants of the Victory, a first rate, fitting for the flag of Earl Howe; but as the disturbances in the United Provinces of Holland were speedily suppressed, by the vigorous measures of Great Britain and of Prussia, he was soon afterwards paid off, and for a short time remained on half-pay. His next appointment was to the Adamant, of 50 guns, in which ship the late Sir Richard Hughes hoisted his flag as Commander-in-Chief on the North American station, and sailed for Halifax about the month of June, 1789. ”

“ During the two succeeding days, the long and tedious interval between the skirmish last mentioned, and the final, the glorious termination of this so long pending contest, a thick fog prevented a renewal of the action; but the hostile fleets, in the short spaces of time when the atmosphere became less obscure, were constantly visible to each other. ”

“ H.I.M. the Emperor of all the Russias, is the Grand Patron of the Order, the insignia of which has never, we believe, been conferred on more than two British officers; viz. Sir W. Johnstone Hope, and the late Sir Home Riggs Popham, a memoir of whom will be found in the “Annual Biography and Obituary for 1822.” ↑ For the commendations bestowed by the naval and military Commanders-in-Chief upon the officers of the fleet employed on the coast of Egypt, and for other interesting particulars relative to the campaign in that quarter, the reader is referred to pp. ”

“ He continued to command the Bellerophon till Jan. 1795; and in the month of March following, was appointed to the Tremendous, another 74, attached to the Channel fleet, in which ship he remained till the ensuing May; when, at the request of Admiral Duncan, he joined the Venerable, of the same force, bearing the flag of that officer, under whom he served for some time in the North Sea. ”