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conches, and thé private coach of the Mar- 
quis of Hertford, centtituted the whole fu- 
neral procefiion. The privacy obferved upon 
the occafion wasto great, that not even his lord- 
ihip’s old friend and companion in India, Sir 
William Duncan, was allowed an opportuni- 
ty to pay a laft tribute of refpeé to the me- 
mory of the deceafed. His lordfhip’s wiil is 
dated the 30th April, 1801. By ithe devifes 
his e&ates, which are confiderable, to his 
niece, Elizabeth Hume, for life ; remainder 
to her eldeft fon, George Hume, im tail 
male ; remainder in fame way to Guftavus, 
Robert, John, and Arthur Hume, the fecond, 
third, fourth, and fifth fons of the faid Eli- 
eahctks ; remainder in fame way to Elizabeth, 
Georgiana, Alicia, and) Ann Hume, fuccef- 
fively, the four daughters of the faid Ehza- 
beth ; remainder to Major General George 
Benfon, inthe fame way; with remainders, 
over infame way to Edward Winder, Efq. 
John Winder, Eiq. and the Rev. Dr. George 
Macartney, of the county of Antrin, in 
Treland ; remainder to his Lordthip’s right 
heirs, fubjeét to an annuity for life to the 
Countets Macartney, of %,4001. a year. His 
lordthip has alfo bequeathed to the Countefs, 
his houfe in Curzon-ftreet, with the family 
plate, library, furniture, &c.; and his houte 
at Chitwick, for the fame term, with remain- 
der to his niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Hume. His 
lordthip has enjoined, that the taid George 
Hume, and other defcendants of the faid 
Elizabeth, who shall fucceed to the faid ef- 
tates, fhall affme the firname, end bear the 
anus of Macartuey only. 
At Bermuda, after a short illnefs, Sir Aa- 
érew Mitchell, K. B \ate commander in chief 
-of the fquadron on the eee ftation.— 
Sir Andrew Mitchell was a native of one of 
the fouthern counties of Scotland. He was 
born in or abeut the year 1757, and received 
his education at Edinburgh, in one of thofe 
public grammar-fchools which contribute fo 
powerfully to the education of the youth of 
that country. His father having died while 
young, the care of his early years devolved 
entirely on the mother. Being deftined for 
the navy, he wes placed on the quarter. deck 
of the Rippon, then commanded by the, late 
Admiral Sir Edward Vernon, with rouisiara he 
repaired to India in 1776, and he exhbrbits a 
memorable inftance of a 2 young man’s arriving 
‘in Afia in the capacity of a midfhipman, and 
returning to Europe as a poft-captain. France 
having declared in favour of ‘the infurgent 
Americans, India foon became the- (ase of 
ation, and Sir Edward Vernon, who we be- 
lieve then hoiftéd a broad pendant as a com- 
modore, had feveral brufhes withthe enemy. 
On the roth of Augutt 1778, in particular, 
che fell in. with the fleet commanded by M. 
-Frangolly, on the coaft of Coromandel, on 
which occafion an indecifive action took place. 
But although the Britif fquadron did not 
fucteéd im bringing the enemy to clofe ci 
Account of che late Sir Andrew Mitchell, K. B. 
[May 1, 
ters, yet it obliged them: to leave the coaft, 
on which the commodore took pofieiTion of 
the anchorage in Pondicherry road, and co- 
operated effectually in the cedutiion of that 
place. In the mean time Mr. Mitchell, who 
had heen for fome time a lieutenant, was pro~ 
moted to the command of the Coventry of 
twenty-eight guns. Rear-Admiral Sir Ed- 
ward Hughes, having failed fram Spithead on 
the 8th of March 1779; on his arrival afflumed 
the command in the Indian feas, and opened 
fuch a fcene for naval taétics, as had never 
before been witneffed in that diftant quarter 
of the globe. Being on board a {mall veflel, 
Captain Mitchell of courfe had it not in his 
power to enter the line of battle, which was 
fo often formed againft the able and gallant 
Count de Suffrein, and therefore was unable 
to diftinguifh himfelf in any of the general 
ations of that day. But in 1732, while 
cruizing off Ceylon, we find him attacking 
the Bellona, a French forty-gun fhip, which 
‘was forced to fheer off, after a fharp ation of 
two hours and a half, in the courfe of which 
15 men were killed and 29 wounded on 
‘the part of the Englifh. At the conclufion 
of hottilities, Captain Mitchell returned to 
Europe with a convoy; and having obtained a 
confiderable fum by way of prize-money, deem- 
ed himfelf fecure ofall thofe enjoyments 
which can be obtained by the poffeffion of 
affluence in his native country. Buty, it is well 
knewn, that the independence of a naval officer 
in the Britifh fervice too often depends on the 
fidelity, punctnality, and attention, of his 
agent; and unfortunately Captain Mitchell’s 
wa3 more occupied in feeling the pulfe of a 
diftrict of Scotch boroughs, with a view te a 
general election, than in attending to the in- 
terefts of his clients. The refult was, that 
after many years {pent in active ferviceabroad, 
Captain Mitchell found himfelf, foon after his 
arrival in London, bereaved of nearly all his 
fortune! During the peace, like many other 
meritorious otficers, he remained unemployed ; 
but no fooner did the war with France 
take place, than he was promoted to ahip, 
and we find him ferving under Lord Howe, 
firft on board the Afia of fixty-four guns, and 
then in the {mpregnable of ninety guns. In 
1795 he took rank as a RearsAdmiral; but 
no opportunity prefented to diftinguith himfelf 
by any feparate command until fome years 
atter. Preparatory to this, early in 1799, his 
flag as Vice-Admiral of the White was hoift- 
ed at the Nore, on board the Zealand of fixty- 
four guns, foon after which he removed to the 
Ifis of fitty. It being intended at this period 
to ftrike a blow on the continent, a number 
of tranfports were collected ; a large body of 
trooss marched tothe coait, ‘and a {quadron of 
men of war was provided ee the immediate 
direction of Admiral Mitchell; although all 
the operations were conduéted in the name of 
the gallant Lord Duncan, then commander in 
chief of the North Sea. feet. 
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