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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



gotten into the 70th of his age, 

 May the 22(1, 1795, he resigned his 

 comm.md in *he channel. 



In the > sgiuning of 1796, by the 

 death of adminl Forbes, lio became 

 admiral of the (Irot : and on March 

 the 18th, was appointed to his pre- 

 dectssor's post of general of the ma- 

 rines, 



lie finally resigned the command 

 of the 'Western squadron, in AprU, 

 1797. About the end of this April, 

 there broke out a tremendous mu- 

 tiny on board the ileet at Spithead. 

 May the 9th, the bill -which com- 

 pleted the wishes of the seamen, was 

 passed. Lord Howe, in his 72d 

 yearj hardly able to set foot to the 

 ground, from tiic remains of a severe 

 attack of gout, but accompanied by 

 M.s rcgardfiil consort, arrived at 

 Portsmouthon the 14.th. He brought 

 the act of parliament, and came 

 with pleasing powers to settle the 

 matters in dispute. To this hour 

 thcTnutineershad remained inflexible. 

 Next morning the delegates landed, 

 and proceeded to the governor's 

 house at Portsmouth, and having 

 partakc'i of some refreKlimcnts, 

 marched in procession to the Sally- 

 port, where they embarked on board 

 the men of war's barges, accompa- 

 nied by lord and )<idy Howe, some 

 ofllccrs, and persons of distinction, 

 and visited (hr ships at St. Helen's 

 and Spiihead : lord Howe being ob- 

 liged to be borne by men into every 

 ship. At seven in the evening, lord 

 Howe landed, and the delegates car- 

 ried him on their shoulders to the 

 governor's house. AiT;urs being 

 thus adjusted to the satisfaction of 

 the sailors, the flag of dissafisfaction 

 was struck, and the licet put to sea 

 the next day to encounter the ene- 

 my. 



Within six weeks after this rein- 

 statement of our naval obedience, 

 earl Howe was invested with the ^ 

 order of the garter. 



In the beginning of the year 1798, 

 passed an act. empowering the bank ^ 

 to receive voluntary contributions 

 for defraying the cxponces of the 

 war. At this time earl Howe's only 

 pecuniary emolun.ent, for all his 

 past services, was the stipend arising 

 from his post of general of marines. 

 Being himself confined to his bed, 

 he commissioned the countess to re- 

 ceive his annual salary at the marine 

 pay-office, with instructions to car- 

 ry the whole of it, upwards of 

 .^.1800, immediately to the bank, 

 as his contribution. 



It was in the sunimer of 1797, 

 that, having been deprived of Dr. 

 Warren's medical assistance by that 

 eminent physician's decease, lord 

 Howe, with his usual discernment, 

 applied for advice to the present 

 Dr. IHtcairn. Bathing in warm sea 

 water w as the doctor's prescription 

 for the earl's rheumatic weakness ; 

 who, in compliance with this opi- 

 nion, went first to Bagnor rocks, 

 and afterwards to Worthing. While 

 resident at the latter place, finding 

 his strength exceedingly restored, 

 he used riding exercise to a much 

 greater degree, than his age or con- 

 stitution would allow. The fatigue 

 of one of his excursions on horse- 

 back, produced so much gout, that 

 it sent him to London. There, by 

 the diligent and unwearied atten- 

 tion of his physician, for many 

 months, he recovered from the vioj 

 lent disorder : he might perhaps 

 still have been living, and also his 

 daughter, lady Mary, who departed 

 next, and his aflTectionate counteSSy 

 whom the double weight of sorrow 



made 



