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 having been severely wounded in Holland, died from extreme fatigue during the glorious Egyptian campaign: and the latter, an officer in the 19th regiment of foot, was massacred at Candy, in the island of Ceylon, 1803. Another of his brothers is now on the half-pay of the 89th regiment.

Mr. David Hope was born at Edinburgh, in 1786; and embarked, when only ten years of age, as midshipman on board the Kite sloop. Captain William Brown, then employed as a North Sea cruiser, under the orders of Admiral Duncan. In May, 1798, he witnessed the bombardment of Ostend, the destruction of several gun-vessels lying in the basin, the blowing up of the sluice-gates of the Bruges canal, and the subsequent defeat and surrender of the British troops, commanded by Major-General Coote; a disaster already noticed under the head of Rear-Admiral Raper.

On this occasion, our juvenile officer appears to have been employed on shore; from whence, however, he had fortunately returned to the squadron under Sir Home Popham, a short time previous to the capitulation.

In the beginning of 1799, Mr. Hope was successively removed into the Kent 74, bearing the flag of Lord Duncan, and Tisiphone sloop. Captain Charles Grant, under whom he served in the expedition against the Helder, and was consequently present at the surrender of the Batavian fleet to the squadron commanded by Vice-Admiral Mitchell.

In Nov. 1799, the Tisiphone sailed for Jamaica; and in Sept. 1800, Mr. Hope followed Captain Grant into the Abergavenny 54, bearing the flag of Lord Hugh Seymour, commander-in-chief on that station. In July 1802, he returned to England with the same captain, as master’s-mate of the Quebec 32, which ship was soon afterwards put out of commission. During the remainder of the peace of Amiens, he served as admiralty-mate, under Commodore Domett, in the Dryad frigate, on the Irish station; and subsequently in