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the hore <in fafety. In this: difatroas: and 
trying fituation, the. abilities ef the com- 
mander fhone confpicuoufly 3 by his exhorta- 
tions gh re furvivors were animated to ule every 
-exertionvor their prefervation, not only from 
their: immediate tvils, bat frem thofe they 
might naturally apprehend. ‘iley were cat 
6a a fhore in the poflefiion of their enenues § 
where -Sir Hyde Parker, with indefatigable 
Jinduitry, caufed a temporary, fortification.to 
be ereéted, and having: procured feme ,can- 
«mon, together with animuaition, from the 
wreck, caufed. them.to be mounted in the 
bet, manner: he* could, fo.as te command 
the approach. He had alfo the precaution 
.to. fend off immediately. bis. firft lieutenant, 
Mr. Archer, in.one,of the fhip’s boats,.to 
“Jamaica, for afliftance, and had che gocd 
fortune, in feven days after the lofs of the 
fhip, to be relieved from his anxiety for his 
brave companions.in diftrets, by the arrival of 
_veflels: which conveyed them in fafety to, 
“Montego Bay. .Soon after this difafter, Sir 
Hyde arrived in England, and was appointed 
to the Goliath, of feventy-four guns, a fhip 
then under equipment for the Channel fervice. 
En this ceummand he accompanied Lord- Howe, | 
in September, 1782, on the expedition for 
the relief of Gibraltar, and in the.partial en- 
counter which took place on that occafion 
between the Britith fleet and the combined 
armament of France and Spain, led the van, 
and had four men killed, with one of, his 
lieutenants, and the inafter, together with 
fourteen feamen or marines, weomin ed Peace 
taking. place {oon after this period, Sir Hyde 
returned to England in the Goliath, and again 
Mailed. to. Gibfaltar on the 14th of OGober, 
783. On his. fecond return from thence, 
“ the Goliath was ftationed as.a guard-thip at 
-Port{mouth, and he retained the command of 
“her during the ufual period. _Onthe appre- 
bended rupture with France in tha year 1787, 
"Sir Hyde. was..appointed to. the Orion, or 
feventy-four, guns 5 but. the point in difpute 
being won adjufted, the Orion was put out of 
commiiiion, and Sir Hyde became dnem poy 
ed. -He- continued py) ; ment 
Fervice all the month of May, i iC 
he. command .of the 
_feventy-four, guns, on the profreé 
tuie, with, Spain ; this, form foon 
‘fiding like 
figned his ppemant, Fioflilities having com- 
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e tf of February, promoted - 
to the rank of rear- Aho of the w hite, and 
accepted the hotice of firf captain to Lord 
Kiood, who was appointed chief {n cor amand 
in the Med ieerraliean 5 he accordingly pro- 
eyuies thither in the eeeorat from “which 
time afterwards removed into 
orze, and hoifted his flag as com- 
taf Arai. On the 19t of Apri l, 
s advawced to be rear- ate OF 
12 ered, and on the at of June following, to 
é-yice-admiral of thé blue. * Not long after 
had beea raifed to the latter rank, he was 
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“ monte} fees au account of ‘a gentleman (M. 
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[May fy 
French fleet, inwlfch engagement the Ca Iray 
of eighty guns, and the Cenfeur, of feventy- 
four, became prizes to Admiral (fince Lord} 
Hotham, who had fuccceded to the cotmmand 
in the Mediterranean: On the 1f of June, 
1795, Sir Hyde was further advanced to be 
vice-admirat of the red. No other very re- 
markavle occurrence happened during his 
fervice in thofe fcas, except a fecond fkirmifh 
with the Freneli fquadron, on the 13th of 
July, i in weich l’Alcide, of feventy-four guns, 
fu:vendered, bat was afterwards, unfortunately 
blown up. ‘Sir Hyde returned to England in 
‘the year 1796, and was very foon aiterwards — 
appointed to tne Jamaica ftation, where, by 
the judicious arrangement of his cruifers, be 
moti materially saaioyed the trade of the 
enemy. Having remained there three years 
he returned to England, 4nd was almof im- 
mediately appointed to a command in the 
Channel fleet. Nothing interefting occurred 
in this {pecies of fervice, neither are there 
anv further particulars worth noticing till his - 
appointment to che chief command of the fleet 
‘deftined for the Baltic, on which occafion he 
loifted his flag on board the London.” After 
the conc agen: of the treaty, which the me- 
morable engagement at Copenhagen produced, 
Sir Hyde & puck his flag, fince which time he 
has not occupied any aétive fituation in thé 
naval fervice of his country. On the 14th 
of Fepsuary, 17 9), he was raifed to the_ 
_rank of admiral or che blue fquadren ; he was 
further promoted to be admiral of the white 
on the 23d of April, 18045 and, laftly, on 
the 9th of - November, 1805, to the fame 
rank in the red fquadron. ' 
Edward Edwards, ef7.R. A.—This gen- 
tlefan was born in the parifh of St. Auney, 
Soho, in the year i737. He had no confi- 
‘derable adva antage frora a regular clat Gical 
‘education, being 
at firft intended for a gen- 
teel mechanical ‘employment, as beft fuited 
to the limited means and profpeéts of his fa- 
inily; irom whom, if he did not inherit for- 
tune, hé more happily derived an indepen- 
dent {pirit, which dignified ois thoughts and 
actions through life. He fo availed himtetf, 
however, of oppeitunities, thut he foon he- 
ame. well Be ded in general grammar or 
abe and particularly i 
ihe French tongue, in which 
he was thought to nie acquired nearly the 
vernacular ¥ pronuy mejation. His weakly trame 
dete: d.the figure of his body; and in, 
BigP e rebut as, this more and more manitefted 
deformity, fo did the powers of his mi ad 
cee hin ei augment. _ Netwithfanding the 
many exam les of this kind, befides that of 
the wlufizious T op e, it does not appear that 
phy fiologifts I have offered any thing explana- 
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rone) whols defect m fy peat of 
body was amply com ihenteegel by his extras 
dinary ipental endowments. my ery mary, 
Kdwards thewed figns of a dil 
ravle to the Sifter Artes ‘Lhat 
mind exits moré or-icts 
) se wile a friendly 
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