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HOUGH "grim visaged war" has, for the prefent, fmooth'd its wrinkled front," yet the public mind is by no means impreffed with a con. viction that hoftilities are at a distance. Should this apprehenfion be verified, the nation has the encouraging certainty of having for its defenders men who have already fignalifed themselves for conduct and courage, on whom it may confidently rely, and whofe exploits already performed may be confidered as the earnest of future victories, should contest be again found neceffary.

HENRY TROLLOPE is of a diftinguished ancient Baronet's family, and being destined for the naval profeffion, paffed through the early stages of it in a manner which showed him worthy of the honours he has fince acquired. On the 4th of July 1781 he was made a Polt Captain.

In July 1796, being Commander of the Glatton, of 54 guns, one of the Fast Indiamen purchafed by Government, he failed from Yarmouth Roads to join the fquadron craiting off the Texel, under the command of Captain Savage. At one in the afternoon of the 15th, being then four or five leagues from Helvoet, he difcovered a fquadron of ships of war, which, on his nearer approach, he perceived to confift of fix large frigates, a brig, and a cutter. One of thefe appeared to mount 50 guns, two 36, and the other three 28 guns each. By the manner in which they manoeuvred, and not anfwering the private fignal, Captain

Trollope was convinced they were enemies. Not intimidated by their vaft fuperiority, he initantly cleared for action, and refolutely bore down to attack them. At ten P. M. having got clofe alongfide of the third ship of the enemy's line, he hailed her, and, finding it to be a French fquadron, defired her Commander to ftrike his colours, which was returned with a broad fide. A fmart action now commenced within twenty yards, and foon became general; the two headmoft fhips tacked, and one placing herself alongside to windward, and the other on the bow, the fhips aftern engaged the Glatton on the lee-quarter and ftern. In this fituation a most furious cannonade was kept up, the Glatton engaging on both fides, fo near, that her yard arms were nearly touching thofe of the enemy. In twenty minutes, from the fuperior and heavy fire of the Glatton, the enemy began to theer off; and from the evident marks of confufion and diforder which appeared on board their fhips, could Captain Trollope have purfued them, his gallantry would have been rewarded by a moft complete victory." In attempting to wear after them, he found his mats, rigging, and fails, fo much wounded and cut to pieces, that all efforts were ineffectual.

At leven o'clock the next morning, by the activity and exertions of his officers and men, the ship was in a state to carry fail and renew the action: the enemy were at this time feen going off fteering for Flushing. Captain Trollope continued to follow them till nine

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o'clock, when they were within three leagues of the above port, without any hopes of being joined by any of his Majesty's cruifers to affift him, and the wind blowing fresh on the thore, he judged it most prudent, in the difabled ftate of his fhip, to haul off, and return to Yarmouth to refit. In this unequal conflict the Glatton had not a man killed; but Captain Strangeways, of the Marines, foon after died of his wounds.

For this gallant action the merchants of London prefented Captain Trollope with a piece of plate of the value of 100 guineas.

In October 1797, Captain Trollope, with a fquadron confifting of three fhips, the Ruffel, Adamant, and Beaulien frigate, was left to watch the mo-. tions of the Dutch fleet, and on its failing kept in fight of it until it was

met by Admiral Duncan. This fervice of Captain Trollope is thus ac knowledged by his Commander: "Captain Trollope's exertions and active good conduct, in keeping fight of the enemy's fleet until I came up, have been truly meritorious, and I truft will meet a juft reward." Captain Trollope bore a part in this diftinguished victory of the 11th of October, a day which will be remembered with pleafure by Britons, and regretted by our enemies.

On the 30th of October his Majesty failed from Greenwich to return thanks to the Fleet for their extraordinary conduct and bravery. On this occafion the yacht was fteered by Captain Trollope, who was created a Knight Banneret. Since that period he has been advanced to be a Rear-Admiral of the White.

THERE is fomething in the death of a good man which the Atheist must wonder at and admire; fuch a one dying cool and collected, trufting and believing at a moment when the truth is fought with eagernels, and prejudice forfaken with dilguft, is a confirmation of the existence of an immortality, not to be refifted. At the awful hour when vanities retreat, and right and wrong open with full conviction on the mind, it is a pure ray of heavenly intelligence that lights the foul, like the Star of Bethlehem, to that point which the anxious and departing firit teeks with trembling and fear, an Hereafter.

When we reflect on what a very little longer time we have to live, and that, meature it to its molt probable extremity, it will fcarcely arrive to forty or fifty years, it becomes us to confider in time a tubject which will, in fpite of all oppofition, force itfelf upon the mind when we are about to part with lite; for, however easily the Modern Palosopher may perfuade himself that we have no proof of an immortali y, yet, when his mind fhall be stripped of all the vanity of argument, he will acknowledge an internal conviction paramount to any other

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demonftration, infeparable from the nature of existence, and à priori to the formation of ideas.

But the true Philofopher needs not this laft strong beam of internal light to awaken his mind to truth; every circumftance and event of life, from infancy unto the hour of death, will affift his conjectures, and confirm his belief in an Hereafter : his memory will reprefent to him, that truth has been ever the fime; and history will prove certain affents and diffents of mankind, throughout all ages, too conftant to be. merely prejudices, or the effects of habit or education.

There are things that no prejudice can ever reconcile, or custom make familiar, with man; or even law, have power to enforce fuch are crimes that fhock nature. Offer power or riches to the greater part of mankind to commit cool and deliberate murder, if we know any thing of the human heart, we muft declare that very few would confent to the perpetration of it, and that from an innate horror of the crime.,

Mankind appear, therefore, to have general aflents and difients from nature. -a predifpofition in favour of truth. and virtue, for their general happiness.

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