of every individual belonging to it. At one time, when his complaint gave him some little respite, he had commenced the revision of Dundas's military movements; but finding that this was about to be undertaken by another, and being often interrupted by returns of his disease, which left him without the hope of an early completion of his object, he gave it up.

From long habits, he was an early riser, and continued to be so, during his many years of suffering, till almost their close. He wrote with great perspicuity. He spoke and read the French and Germau languages with facility, and he had a tolerable acquaintance with the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. He had read a great deal at times when his active duties permitted any leisure-and took par

ticular pleasure in the study of military geography. Early habits had given him a taste for the profession in which he first began his public life; he retained a strong recollection of all he had then seen and been taught, and he never went to sea, that he did not keep the ship's reckoning.

In conversation he was cheerful; his memory was excellent, and his judgment sound. His character was frank, his manner courteous, and no one was more firm in his friendships, or more affectionate to all his relations. In every situation in which he was placed, he upheld moral rectitude; yet he was indulgent to the errors of others, and his religion, though he was punctilious in the discharge of its duties, was without ostentatious display.

and so distressing, that during the paroxysms, he was totally incapacitated for the discharge of business. Very soon after the commencement of his illness, he had the misfortune to lose his wife, the late lady Susan, daughter of Francis, Lord Elcho, and sister to the present earl of Wemyss and March; who had been his faithful and most attached companion since his marriage in 1800, and had accompanied him to India. During the winter of 1816-17, he availed himself of leave of absence, to travel abroad, in the hope of recovering his health. He visited the south of France, the north part of Italy, and Switzerland, where, for a short time, the complaint seemed to have in some degree subsided, and there was a gleam of returning health; but as he proceeded by Paris, to join the Army of Occupation, the disease again assailed him with all its violence, and appeared to baffle every thing that was done to allay it. He however persevered; resumed all his duties with his wonted zeal, on joining his division; and, whenever he had the least respite from his complaint, exerted himself in perfecting the fine battalions of which his division was composed, in every branch of their military duties. In consequence of his exertions, these British troops, which were stationed, during the summer of 1817, in the vicinity of St. Omer's, were peculiarly distinguished for their excellent order, high state of discipline, and the admirable precision of their move

ments.

Towards the latter end of September, sir H. Clinton's complaint had become so painful and oppressive, and he was so exhausted by its severe and repeated attacks, that he was at length compelled to

give up all his active pursuits, and to return to England. Although, from the high respect in which his character as an officer was held, he for some time remained as the ostensible head of his division, yet he was totally unable to do any duty afterwards.

Sir Henry continued to struggle against his complaint during 13 years, and although extremely reduced, and often subjected to great bodily suffering, his mind continued unimpaired to the last. And when free from absolute pain, he enjoyed the society of his friends, and mixed with great cheerfulness in conversation. This continued to within a very few days of his death, which took place at his country house at Ashley, near Lymington, Hants, on the morning of the 11th of Decem ber, 1829, in the fifty-eighth year of his age.

Sir Henry was tall, and till his last long illness, had been remarkably handsome; his general appearance and manner was manly and noble. He was enthusiastically attached to his profession; and he took the greatest delight in informing himself of its duties, in the several stations he had filled, whether as a regimental or a staffofficer. No one was more familiar with every duty and detail, or more punctual in the performance of them: while, at the same time, no one was more considerate of those under his command. With him this feeling was so strong and habitual, that, during all his long illness, he kept up a constant correspondence with the officer commanding his regiment, and when not absolutely compelled, by acute suffering, to desist from all attention to business, interested himself warmly in the concerns and wellbeing of the regiment itself, and

of every individual belonging to it. At one time, when his complaint gave him some little respite, he had commenced the revision of Dundas's military movements; but finding that this was about to be undertaken by another, and being often interrupted by returns of his disease, which left him without the hope of an early completion of his object, he gave it up.

From long habits, he was an early riser, and continued to be so, during his many years of suffering, till almost their close. He wrote with great perspicuity. He spoke and read the French and Germau languages with facility, and he had a tolerable acquaintance with the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. He had read a great deal at times when his active duties permitted any leisure-and took par

ticular pleasure in the study of military geography. Early habits had given him a taste for the profession in which he first began his public life; he retained a strong recollection of all he had then seen and been taught, and he never went to sea, that he did not keep the ship's reckoning.

In conversation he was cheerful; his memory was excellent, and his judgment sound. His character was frank, his manner courteous, and no one was more firm in his friendships, or more affectionate to all his relations. In every situation in which he was placed, he upheld moral rectitude; yet he was indulgent to the errors of others, and his religion, though he was punctilious in the discharge of its duties, was without ostentatious display.

Russian Voyage of Discovery. A Letter from Dr. Martens, Botanist to the expedition, contains the following particulars:-" Our ship, the 'Siniävin,' sailed from the harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul on the 19th of October, 1827, and arrived on the 22nd of November off the island of Ooalan, which was re-discovered by captain Duperey, in the Coquille,' in 1824; where we found a people, in the purest state of nature. Not a single weapon, nor any thing resembling a weapon, was met with in the whole island. The complexion of the natives is of a bright brown, the arms and the thighs tatooed, their hair in a bunch braided together upon the head, and adorned with flowers; their features resemble those of the Malays. Our naturalists found them most faithful guides on their excursions, and the most careful keepers of the insects and plants which they collected. One of their chiefs, named Sipa, offered them his dwelling for their residence; and here also they had an opportunity of making themselves acquainted with the domestic arrangements of the inhabitants. Ooalanese are particularly distinguished from the inhabitants of the other Carolines, by being entirely free from the propensity to stealing. They treat their women with great kindness and affection. We could not obtain any clear

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notions of the religion of these people. Their diet consists of bread-fruit, banians, sugar-cane, cocoa-nuts, fish, snipes, pigeons, and some wild fowl. As far as we could learn, the island is divided into between forty and fifty districts, each of which contains several villages, and belongs to a chief. Several of these chiefs live on a small island, separated from the rest of the inhabitants. One of them was treated with particular reverence: he might be considered, in some measure, as the king of the whole. After remaining three weeks among these people, the

Siniävin' continued its voyage on the 20th of December. On the End of January, 1828, they discovered a new group of islands, the highest and also the largest of all the Carolines, except the Pellew Islands. The ship cruised eight days among these islands; but no attempt to land was made, because the inhabitants appeared very hostile. When the 'Siniävin' put out a boat, to look for an anchorage or landing-place, it was immediately surrounded by other boats, the crews of which used very menacing gestures. They carried short spears, headed with teeth of the saw-fish, and a sling made of plaited rushes. When pistols charged only with powder were fired at them, they made no impression on them, and yet every thing indicated that these natives

had never before seen Europeans. Their hair was rather short, and beautifully curled: they wore about their waist a girdle, with very deep, dark-red fringe; this girdle covered a part of the breast, and was fastened on one shoulder." Notwithstanding the beautiful appearance of these fine lofty islands, captain Lütke would not attempt to land; because it was evident that it could not be done without bloodshed. The naturalists were, therefore, disappointed of their expected harvest, and the 'Siniävin' proceeded on her voyage. A dog was all that they carried away. The letter continues:-"On the 13th of January we descried Los Valientes-low, miserable islands; the wretched inhabitants of which did not appear even to possess boats. On the 18th we arrived off the Mamuricks; and on the 23rd, off Mortlock islands (discovered in 1796), the natives of which appeared very amiable and civilised, which is probably to be attributed to their intercourse with the other Carolines and with Manilla. Their ships are calculated for long voyages, and are provided with compasses. An unexpected sight here was an English three-masted ship, the 'Partridge' whaler, which, like many others of that class, has since 1823 visited the coast of Japan, in pursuit of spermaceti whale. As this ship had been almost as long absent from Europe as the 'Siniävin,' the crew could not give us any news: however, mutual visits were paid, which could not be otherwise than agreeable in this distant part of the world. On the 2nd of February we discovered the island of Rug: and on the 8th, Union Island. On the 17th, the 'Siniävin' arrived in the harbour of Caldera de Apra,

where she remained till the 7th of March, during which time the Spanish governor showed us every kind of attention and politeness. On the 30th of March we cast anchor off the island of Ooropick, and this was the termination of our voyage, after five months cruise, in the tropical regions. On the 18th we discovered the bleak and barren rocks of the island of Rosario, or Disappointment; and on the following day we were fortunate enough to see the beautiful islands of Bonin, which had been previously discovered, but whose existence was afterwards doubted, as Krusenstern could not find them. The Siniävin' had been anticipated in this re-discovery by the English sloop the 'Blossom,' which had been sent to meet captain Franklin in Behring's Straits: a board which it had left, showed that captain Beechey, the commander, had taken possession of the islands the preceding year, in the name of his Britannic Majesty. In one of these islands, which was otherwise wholly uninhabited, captain Lütke found two Europeans, living in great distress; a Prussian, Charles Wettrin, of Königsburg; and John Peterson, a Norwegian, who had served on board an English ship which was wrecked on this island in 1826, but the crew of which happily got on shore. Another English ship, which arrived six weeks afterwards, took the crew on board; but left Wettrin and Peterson behind, who wished to save as much from the wreck as possible, but received a promise that they should be taken off by the last ship in its return from the coast of Japan. This promise, however, was not fulfilled; and captain Lütke took them with him. These islands may become very