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shipping, to his Britannic Majesty, in trust for the reigning King of France, at the re-establishment of peace and order in that country. The general committee of the sections of Toulon having acquiesced in the proposals made by the British Admiral, the necessary arrangements were made for the landing of 1500 men, which was accomplished by noon on the 28th August. The disembarkation was completed under the immediate protection of two frigates, supported by the Courageux, and three other line-of-battle ships; and the same day the British fleet, and a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de Langara, anchored in the outer road of Toulon, the greater part of the French fleet at that anchorage removing into the inner harbour. On the following day Captain Waldegrave, and the late Lord Hugh Seymour Conway, were sent to England with Lord Hood's dispatches, giving an account of this important event. Those officers being ordered to take different routes, the former proceeded to Barcelona, and from thence, across the Spanish peninsula, home.

Captain Waldegrave soon after returned to the Mediterranean (with instructions for Lord Hood's further proceedings,) by the way of Holland, Germany, and Italy, and on his arrival resumed the command of the Courageux, in which ship he terminated his services as a captain. On the 4th of July 1794, he was advanced to the rank of rear-admiral, a short time previous to which he had been nominated a colonel of marines.

His promotion to a flag obliged Rear-Admiral Waldegrave to return to England, which he did by land. He subsequently held a command in the Channel fleet. On the 1st of June 1795, he was made a vice-admiral, and in the fall of the same year he again sailed for the Mediterranean. During the succeeding spring he was sent with five ships of the line to negotiate with the Tunisians. His mission was of a peculiarly arduous and delicate nature, notwithstanding which, however, he executed it to the complete satisfaction of the naval commander-in-chief, Sir John Jervis, and Sir Gilbert Elliot,

Viceroy of Corsica, by whom he had been deputed. On the night previous to his quitting Tunis the boats of Vice-Admiral Waldegrave's squadron, under the direction of Captain Sutton of the Egmont, cut out of the bay several armed vessels. From this period, excepting the unprecedented length of time which the ships were kept at sea, nothing remarkable occurred until the 14th of February 1797, when SirJohn Jervis, with fifteen sail of the line, encountered and defeated a Spanish fleet consisting of twenty-seven ships, seven of which mounted from 112 to 130 guns; a memorable event, which completely defeated the projected junction of the navies of France, Holland, and Spain, and thus preserved to Great Britain its proud dominion of the ocean. Upon this occasion Vice-Admiral Waldegrave received from Sir John Jervis the following letter, in acknowledgment of the very essential services he had rendered:

« Sir,

Victory, in Lagos Bay, Feb. 16, 1797. "No language I am possessed of can convey the high sense I entertain of the exemplary conduct of the flag-officers, captains, officers, seamen, marines, and soldiers, embarked on board every ship of the squadron I have the honour to command, present at the vigorous and successful attack made upon the fleet of Spain on the 14th instant. The signal advantage obtained by his Majesty's arms on that day, is entirely to be attributed to their determined valour and discipline; and I desire you will accept my grateful thanks for your service on that occasion.

"I have the honour to be, Sir,

"Your most obedient humble servant,

"J. JERVIS.

“The Hon. Wm. Waldegrave,

&c. &c. &c."

Vice-Admiral Waldegrave also received a note from the heroic Nelson, accompanied by the sword of the second cap

tain of the St. Nicholas, as a proof of his esteem for the noble manner in which he had conducted himself.

Soon after the above glorious event, the gallant subject of this memoir was nominated governor of Newfoundland, and commander-in-chief of the squadron employed on that station. This appointment he held for several years, during which he devoted his whole attention to the welfare of that island, and obtained very particular approbation. He left a lasting monument of his attention to the religious and moral interests of the community of Newfoundland in the erection of a church, to the expence of which, as well as that of providing a better maintenance for the ministers employed in the island he liberally contributed; and warmly promoted the subscription for those purposes, among his friends, both in the island, and at home.

It was at that period the regulation for the governor of Newfoundland to return to England at the fall of the year, and remain there during the winter months. In consequence of this custom, Vice-Admiral Waldegrave had the gratifica-, tion of assisting in the solemn ceremonies of a day devoted to thanksgiving for the splendid triumphs that the Almighty had vouchsafed to the fleets of Britain. On the 19th of Dec. 1797, their late Majesties and all the royal family, attended by the great officers of the state, and the members of both Houses of Parliament, went in procession to St. Paul's Cathedral to return thanks for the glorious naval victories obtained by Lord Howe, June 1, 1794; by Admiral Hothàm, March 13, 1795; by Lord Bridport, June 23, 1795; by Sir John Jervis, Feb. 14, 1797; and by Admiral Duncan, Oct. 11, the same year; and to deposit the flags taken on those occasions, as well as the colours of the Dutch fleet captured by Sir George Keith Elphinstone, August 18, 1796. Fifteen flag-officers and twenty-six captains attended the procession; and at the end of the first lesson entered in two divisions right and left of the King's chair, advanced to the altar, and there deposited the trophies of their valour.

When Sir John Jervis was raised to the peerage, and the other flag-officers under his command were created baronets for their conduct in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, the latter rank was offered to Vice Admiral Waldegrave; this, however, he declined, as being inferior to that which he then held as an earl's younger son.

He received the freedom of the City of London for his distinguished services, and on the 29th of December 1800, previous to the Union, was created a peer of Ireland by the title of Baron Radstock. *

His lordship was promoted to the rank of admiral, April 29, 1802, from which time he was not employed. At the public funeral of the gallant Nelson, Lord Radstock attended the body by water from Greenwich, and was one of the supporters of the chief mourner, the late Sir Peter Parker, Admiral of the Fleet. He was nominated a G. C. B. January 2, 1815.

The honours conferred upon Lord Radstock prove how distinguished he was in his profession; yet there not having been any recent demand for his services, he of late years shone more brightly as a private than as a public character. No man was ever more conscientiously bent upon doing good than his lordship. A zealous advocate for the established ehurch and government, the whole impulse of his warm feelings urged him towards their support. Of an active disposition, which would not allow him to be unemployed, he was constantly engaged either in patriotically contributing to the public welfare, or in benevolently promoting the welfare of his fellow-creatures. The earnestness which he evinced in these laudable pursuits was so remarkable as occasionally to call forth the remonstrances of his friends, who were apprehensive that he might seriously injure himself by his exertions and sacrifices for the benefit of others. During the period at which the partizans of the French revolution were endeavour

Radstock, in the county of Somerset, was possessed by his family since the reign of Henry the Eighth, by the marriage of his ancestor, Sir Edward Waldegrave.

ing to disseminate in this country doctrines subversive of all social order, Lord Radstock's pen was busily employed in writing loyal hand-bills, pamphlets, songs, &c. which he distributed himself among all classes of the people. Many articles in the same spirit were also furnished by him to the newspapers of that day; and when the country, many years afterwards, was threatened with invasion, Lord Radstock again exerted his whole powers in a similar manner, to stimulate the patriotic feeling which was so universally displayed. In the intervals of professional service at sea during the war, he devoted his leisure to the alleviation of the distresses of the poor, by procuring the distribution of food to them at a cheap rate, in times of scarcity. When the Constitutional Association was formed, he became a warm friend to it, and prevailed upon many individuals of distinction to join in opposing the efforts of infidelity and disloyalty to seduce the people. Strenuously attached to the church, he always gave the Protestant cause his utmost support against the dangers with which, in his opinion, it was menaced by the growing influence of the advocates of the Catholics. His strong and never shaken sentiments on this point, led him to seek and cultivate the acquaintance of Dr. Bell; and, convinced that early religious principles are the only foundation for the improvement of mankind, he was for many years a most active member of the committee of the National Central School. His regard for the church equally induced him to promote the interests of the Clergy Orphan Society, of which he was vice-president. He was also vice-president of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and of the Asylum for Female Orphans; both of which, for some years, derived influence from his support. He was likewise vice-president of the Blind Asylum (in the welfare of which he was much interested), and of the Maryle-bone General Dispensary. Connected as he was with the navy, he was ever desirous of inculcating religious knowledge among seamen. In the year 1797, as president of a courtmartial which sentenced several mutineers to death, he made a serious and impressive address on the occasion, which was

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