SIR WILLIAM JAiMES, Baronet. 263 



forty feet higher than the top of St. Paul'^ cupola. — On a 

 tablet over the entrance door is this infcription : 



This Building was ereaed M.DCC.LXXXIV. 



by the Reprefentative of the late 



Sir William James, Bart. 



to commemorate that gallant Officer's Atchievements in the Eajl Indies, 



during his Command of the Company's Marine Forces in thofe Seas 5 



and in a particular Manner to record the Conquefl: of 



the Cartle of Severndroog, on the Coaft of Malabar, 



which fell to his fiiperior Valour and able Conduft 



on the 2d Day of April M.DCC.LV. 



Of Sir WiUiain, it is faid, by a perfon who knew him inti- 

 mately near thirty years, and was well acquainted with his pro- 

 feffional abilities ; That as a thorough practical feaman, he 

 was almoft without an equal : — As an officer, he was brave, 

 vigilant, prompt, and refolute ; patient in difficulty, wdth a pre- 

 fencc of mind that feemed to grow from danger. 



END OF THE FIRST V O L U .\J E. 



