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  son of the late Rear-Admiral Brenton, and brother to Captain Sir Jahleel Brenton, Bart., K.C.B., &c. Born July 19, 1774.

This officer entered the navy, in Nov. 1788, as a midshipman, on board the Crown 64, bearing the broad pendant of the Hon. William Cornwallis, with whom he sailed for India in Feb. 1789.

The Crown was the first British ship of the line that anchored in Port Cornwallis, which had been taken possession of the preceding year, and fortified, in consequence of the supreme government at Calcutta perceiving the distress to which our navy and commerce were likely to be reduced for want of a harbour on the coast of Coromandel. After making some observations there, the Commodore proceeded to another place farther north, on the Great Andaman, called North East harbour, which appeared to be better adapted for the required purpose than the other; and effective means were taken for establishing a dock-yard and forming an extensive settlement.

“The inhabitants of the Andaman islands,” says Captain Brenton, “were few in number, but their hostility was at first troublesome; they were very expert with the bow and arrow, transfixing, as they wandered along the shore, the small fish with great certainty; and the wild hog 