On a Marine Officer, in the churchyard of Barwickin-Elmet, Yorkshire: "Here lies retired from busy scenes A first Lieutenant of Marines, Now stripp'd of all his warlike show, Confin'd in earth, in narrow borders, He rises not till further orders." Inscribed on a monument, erected to Admiral HAWKE, in the parish church of Stoneham, in Hampshire : "D. O. M. This monument is sacred to the memory of Lord Hawke, baron of Tawton, in the county of York, Admiral and commander-in-chief of the fleet; The bravery of his soul was equal to the dangers he encountered the cautious intrepidity of his deliberations, superior even to the conquest he obtained; the annals of his life compose a period of naval glory, unparalleled sailed victory attended him: a prince, unsolicited, conferred on him On Lieutenant "Is it not sweet to see the western wave, Bright burning with the rays of setting sun? Is it not sweet when twilight's come and gone, And the day's toil is past, to sink at length So, stranger, it is sweet for him whose faith Thou who dost gaze, aread my lesson right; The tomb of Marshal BLUCHER, who died 1819: "On my route to the mountains, from Breslau, I took the Kanthe road, to visit the tomb of Blucher, at Kriblowitz. Here, by the side of the road, reposes the old hero, with no other canopy but heaven, and the united foliage of three lindens. In this spot, in 1813, at the advanced age of 71, at the head of the Prussian Landwehr, he completely routed the French under Marshal Macdonald, taking 17,000 prisoners and 100 pieces of cannon."-Germany and the Germans, by an Englishman resident in Germany. At Suthland, in Leicestershire, on SIR JOSEPH DANVERS, who died A.D. 1753: "When young, I sail'd to India, East and West, But aged, in this port must lie at rest." Captain CLERKE, who succeeded to the command of the two British ships after the death of Captain Cook, and who brought the ships as far as Kamtschatka, died there of a consumption which had manifestly commenced before he left England, and of which he had lingered during the whole continuance of the voyage, a period of more than three years. His very gradual decay had for a long time rendered him a melancholy object to his friends, but the firmness and equanimity with which he bore the slow approaches of death-the constant flow of good spirits which he retained even to the last hour, and a cheerful resignation to the decree of heaven, furnished them with some consolation. He was bred to the navy from his youth, and had been in many engagements. He particularly wished to be buried on land, and agreeably to his request, he was buried in the harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul, Kamtschatka, at the foot of a tree. His escutcheon was prepared and neatly painted by Mr. Webber, with the captain's coat of arms properly emblazoned, and placed in the church of Paratounca. Underneath the escutcheon was che following inscription: "Here lies interred at the foot of a tree, near the Ostrog of St. Peter and St. Paul, the body of CHARLES CLERKE, Esquire, Commander of his Britannic Majesty's ships, the Resolution and Discovery to which he succeeded on the death of James Cook, Esquire, who was killed by the natives of an island we had discovered in the South Sea, after having explored the coast of America, from 42 deg. 27 min. to 70 deg. 40 min. 57 sec. N., in search of a north-west passage from Europe to the East Indies. The second attempt being made by Captain Clerke, who sailed within some few leagues of Captain Cook, but was blocked up by a solid body of ice, which he found from the American to the Asiatic shore, and almost extended due east and west. He died at sea, on his return to the southward, on the 22nd day of August, 1779, aged 38 years."-Captain Cook's Voyages, Folio edition. "Colonel Cadogan, when he was disabled in battle, desired some of his soldiers to carry him to an adjoining hill, whence he might witness the issue of the struggle in which he had been engaged. He is depicted in the sculpture borne along by his men, with his face still towards the enemy; one of the French standards (the eagle) with its bearer, lies trodden underfoot, and another is flying, while the soldiers who support the wounded officer, seeing the French routed, are waving their hats in triumph. The inscription is : "Erected at the public expense to the memory of Colonel the Hon. HENRY CADOGAN, who fell gloriously in the command of a Brigade, in the memorable Battle of Vittoria, 21st June, 1813, when a complete victory was gained over the French army by the allied forces under the Marquis of Wellington. Colonel Cadogan was son of Charles Sloane, Earl Cadogan, born 28th of February, 1780." Inscription on the monument of Captain JOHN COOKE, in St. Paul's : "Erected at the public expense to the memory of Captain JOHN COOKE, who was killed Commanding the Bellerophon, in the battle of Trafalgar, in the 44th year of his age, and the 30th of his services." In St. Paul's is a tabular monument to Major General Ross, bearing the following inscription : "Erected at the public expense to the memory Who, having undertaken and executed an enterprise In St. Paul's is a monument to SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM, captain of the Donegal, under Lord Nelson. A gale of wind made it impossible for him to reach Trafalgar until the victory was won, but he was able then to do great service in rescuing numbers of brave seamen from the waves, as the confusion was subsiding. On the pedestal of the monument is the following inscription: "In memory of Admiral SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM, G.C.B. Born at Burnfoot of Esk, Dumfriesshire. Died at East Lodge, Middlesex, on the 20th of July, 1838, in his 70th year. As an officer, distinguished in every rank, by his skill, zeal, and courage, Well tried in the battle and the breeze; And by a mild, but efficient system of discipline, Thrice appointed by his sovereign to the command-inchief of a British fleet; On one occasion co-operating with a French squadron, which he also had the honour of commanding. Whilst he supported the honour of the British flag, he obtained the respect and esteem, not only of our allies, but of those against whom hostilities were commenced, or in contemplation, which by his conciliatory and moderate conduct, Active and amiable in all the duties and relations of indefatigable endeavours to promote their welfare, will be as fully appreciated as his public services have been by other friends, not only of the United Service, but of every rank and profession of civil life, by whom this Monument has been erected." SIR FRANCIS VERE, the celebrated English commander in the Netherlands, retired into private life a few years before his death, which happened August 28th, 1608, aged 53. He was buried in St. John the Evangelist's |