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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mitchell, Richard

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​MITCHELL. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 23; h-p 49)
Richard Mitchell entered the Navy, about 1775, as Gunner’s Servant, on board the Antelope ​50, Capt. Dixon, in which ship, bearing the flag of Admiral Gayton, he was for four years employed in the West Indies. In 1781 he joined the Dragon 74, receiving-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Osborn; and he next, between 1782 and the commencement of the French revolutionary war, served, as Midshipman, on the East India, Newfoundland, Mediterranean, and Home stations, in the Defence 74, and Isis 50, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Newnham, Merlin sloop, Capt. Edw. Pakenham, Bedford 74, Capt. Robt. Mann, Aquilon 32, Capt. Robt. Montagu, Formidable 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Leveson Gower, and Edgar 74, Capt. Albemarle Bertie. He was made Lieutenant, about 1796, into the Tourterelle, Capts. Cook and Fellows; was subsequently, from the same year until the peace of Amiens, employed in the Chapman armed ship, Capts. Cumberland and Keen, Pylades sloop, Capt. McKenzie, and Monmouth 64, Capts. Deans and Hart; and, during the late war, became attached for short periods, to the Experiment 44, Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, Comus 32, Capt. Conway Shipley, Hyacinth sloop, Capt. John Davie, Latona 38, Capt. Sotheby, and Devastation bomb, Capt. Thos. Alexander. He accompanied, in the Monmouth, the expedition to Egypt in 1801; and in the other ships he appears to have been chiefly engaged on Home service. The commission he at present holds bears date 18 Dec. 1813.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Milward, Clement

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​MILWARD. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 19; h-p., 35.)
Clement Milwardentered the Navy, 26 Oct. 1793, as A.B., on board the Alarm 32, Capt. Lewis Robertson; and in the following year was severely wounded, as Midshipman of that frigate, in an attack upon Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. After two years of servitude, still on the West India station, in the Veteran 64, and Solebay 32, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Henry Bayntun, and, as Master’s Mate, in the Etrusco, Capt. Jas. Hanson, he joined, in Aug. 1796, the Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Henry Harvey, under whom, in Feb. 1797, he beheld the surrender of Trinidad. In Oct. of the latter year he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Favorite sloop, Capt. Lord Camelford; and in Aug. 1799, being then again in the Prince of Wales, under Lord Hugh Seymour, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture of Surinam. On that occasion he was again invested with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, and appointed to the Surinam, a prize-corvette of 20 guns; to which vessel, commanded by Capt. Christopher Cole, the Admiralty confirmed him by commission dated 8 July, 1800. Invaliding home from the West Indies in Oct. 1802, he subsequently joined – 12 July, 1803, the Phaeton 38, Capts. Geo. Cockburn and John Wood, in which frigate, after serving off Havre de Grace, and conveying Mr. Merry, the British Minister Plenipotentiary, to the United States, he proceeded to the East Indies, and was afforded, we believe, an opportunity of participating, when in company with the Harrier sloop, in an action of two hours, fought, 2 Aug. 1805, with the French 36-gun frigate Sémillante and several batteries at the entrance of the Straits of St. Bernardino, Philippine Islands – 3 April, 1807, the Russell 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, also in the East Indies – 19 Feb. 1808, for a passage home, the Monmouth 64, Capt. Edw. Durnford King – and in Sept, 1808, and March, 1809, the Pompée and Belleisle 74’s, both commanded by Capt. Cockburn, under whom, in the Pompée, he assisted at the reduction of Martinique. On his return to England in the Belleisle with the surrendered Governor and garrison of the latter island, he was presented with a Commander’s commission dated 14 June, 1809. He was next, 28 Dec. 1810, and 8 Nov. 1811, appointed to the Elk and Mercury sloops, on the West India station; where, on 1 Jan. 1813, he was nominated Acting-Captain of the Herald 20. Being confirmed to that vessel 28 May following, and continuing in her until 11 Oct. 1815, he succeeded in effecting the capture of several of the enemy’s vessels, and took an active part in the expedition against New Orleans. Not having been further employed, he accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mingaye, William James

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​MINGAYE. (Capt., 1822. f-p., 24; h-p., 25.)
William James Mingaye entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1798, as a Volunteer, on board the Anson of 46 guns, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham; and in the course of the ensuing month was present, we believe, at the defeat of the squadron under Commodore Bompart, carrying troops for the invasion of Ireland, and (in company with the Kangaroo 18) at the capture, with a loss to the Anson of 2 killed and 13 wounded, of La Loire of 46 guns and 664 men (including troops), 46 of whom were killed and 71 wounded. After an attendance of some time upon the King off Weymouth, he accompanied Capt. Durham, in Feb. 1801, into the Endymion 40, in which ship, besides assisting at the capture of La Furie privateer of 14 guns, he escorted a convoy of 10 Indiamen home from St. Helena. In 1802 he became in succession attached to the Alarm and Amazon frigates, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Parker; and on next joining the Magnificent 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, he was wrecked on the Black Rocks off Brest, in March, 1804. On 8 Feb. 1805, having in the interim served with Capt. Jervis on board the Tonnant 80, he was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Tickler gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John W. Skinner, stationed off Boulogne, where he remained until presented with a Lieutenant’s commission dated 6 July following. Joining then the Belliqueux 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, he served on shore with the naval brigade under that officer at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806; after which he was, it appears, appointed – 10 June, 1806, to the Bombay alias Ceylon 32, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye, on the East India station, whence he invalided 10 Aug. 1809 – 19 March and 31 Dec. 1812, to the Cossack 22 and Druid frigate, both commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Wm. King, with whom he continued until 5 July, 1813 – and 5 March, 1816, and 21 July, 1817, as Senior, to the Eridanus 36, and Royal George yacht, Capts. Wm. King and Hon. Chas. Paget, each employed on Home Service. As Commander, a rank he attained 2 Oct. 1817, Capt. Mingaye served, from 1 Oct. 1818 until paid off in Jan. 1822, in the Camelion 10, on the Portsmouth station. He was advanced to Post-rank on 29 of the month last mentioned; became Acting-Captain, 23 July ensuing, of the Royal George yacht; obtained command, in July, 1824, of the Romney 50, armée en flûte, fitting at Chatham; and, from 8 Jan. 1825 until the abolition of the Service in 1831, was in command of the Hyperion 42, lying in Newhaven Harbour, on the establishment of a third-rate, for the purposes of the extended Coast Blockade.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mitchell, Lewis Dunbar

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​MITCHELL. (Lieut., 1817. f-p., 22; h-p., 14.)
Lewis Dunbar Mitchell, born 3 Dec. 1796, is a relative of Admiral Sir Robt. Calder, Bart., K.C.B., who died in 1818.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 March, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Wm. Prowse. After a servitude of more than two years in the North Sea – a great part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman – and a voyage to St. Helena for the purpose of convoying home a large China fleet, he removed, in Dec. 1813, to the Granicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. In that ship, which was at first employed off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, he had charge of the signals, and was severely wounded in the leg at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. In Jan. and April, 1817, he successively joined, at Plymouth, the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and the Lee 20, Capt. John Pasco; and on 29 Sept. in the same year, at which period he was serving in the West Indies on board the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe. He went back to the Primrose in Oct. 1818; and (that vessel being paid off on 19 of the ensuing month) was afterwards appointed – 29 Nov. 1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot – 19 Nov. 1828, to the Coast Guard – 13 Oct. 1831, to a three years’ command of the Greyhound Revenue-cruizer – and 22 Dec. 1837, to the office of Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. From the aggravated effects of the wound he had received at Algiers, Lieut. Mitchell was under the necessity, in June, 1842, of resigning the situation last named. Although prevented, from the same cause, from resuming the active duties of his profession, he has hitherto been unsuccessful in his endeavours to obtain a pension.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mills, Henry Forster

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​MILLS. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Henry Forster Mills entered the Navy 23 Aug. 1814; passed his examination in 1821; and obtained his commission 30 April, 1827. His appointments have since been – 27 June, 1829, to the Algerine 10, on the South American station, where he continued, part of the time as First-Lieutenant, under Capt. Hon. John Fred. Fitzgerald De Roos, until the close of 1833 – 6 Jan. 1837, in the capacity last mentioned, to the Trinculo 16, Capt. Henry Edw. Coffin, attached to the force off Lisbon, with which he served until superseded in May, 1838 – and, 17 April, 1847, to the Victory 104, Capt. John Pasco, guard-ship at Portsmouth, where he is now employed. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Milne, Alexander

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​MILNE. (Captain, 1839. f-p., 22; h-p., 8.)
Alexander Milne, born in Nov. 1806, is second and youngest son of the late Admiral Sir David Milne, G.C.B., by his first wife, Grace, daughter of Sir Alex. Purves, Bart.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 8 Feb. 1817; and embarked in 1819 on board the Leander 50) Capt. Edw. Chetham, bearing his father’s flag in North America. In June, 1820, we find him joining the Conway 26, Capt. Basil Hall; in which vessel, and in the Ramillies 74, and Ganges 84, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Brace, Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and Ganges again, Capts. Pat. Campbell and Sam. Hood Inglefield, bearing the flag for some time of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, he continued employed on the South American, West India, Home, and Brazilian stations, latterly as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, until June, 1827. He then removed, in the capacity last mentioned, to the Cadmus 10, Capts. Chas. Gordon and Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, also on the coast of Brazil; where he further served in that vessel (being confirmed to her by commission dated 8 Sept. 1827) until her return to England in April, 1830; on 25 Nov. in which year he was advanced to the rank of Commander. Obtaining an appointment, 26 Dec. 1836, to the Snake 16, Capt. Milne, on his arrival in that sloop in the West Indies, had the good fortune, during a cruize off the island of Cuba, to effect the capture, 23 Nov. 1837, of the Portuguese brigantine Arrogante having on board 406 slaves, and, 5 Dec. following, of the Matilda Spanish schooner, laden with 259 slaves. He was made Post, 30 Jan. 1839, into the Crocodile 26; and, in Nov. 1840, after having served in various parts of the North America and West India station (where he made prize of the Spanish slaver Mercedita, and had tor some months charge of the Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries), he removed to the Cleopatra 26. In that vessel, when in the West Indies, he took, 27 Jan. 1841, the Secundo Rosario Spanish schooner, carrying 284 slaves. Returning, in the ensuing March, to the Crocodile, Capt. Milne continued in her, affording protection in the mean while to the fisheries in the river St. Lawrence, until paid off in Nov. of the same year. He was next, from 27 April, 1842, until April, 1845, employed in the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Captain to his father, Commander-in-Chief at Devonport: and from 7 Oct. 1846 until Dec. 1847 he ofiiciated, in the St. Vincent 120, in a similar capacity under Sir Chas. Ogle, Port-Admiral at Portsmouth. Since the date last mentioned Capt. Milne has filled a seat at the Board of Admiralty. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Picken, Andrew

​PICKEN, Andrew (1788-1833).—Miscellaneous writer, b. in Paisley, was in business in the West Indies, and in Glasgow and Liverpool, but not being successful, went to London to try his fortunes in literature. His earlier writings, Tales and Sketches of the West of Scotland and The Sectarian (1829), gave offence in dissenting circles: his next, The Dominie's Legacy (1830), had considerable success, and a book on Travels and Researches of Eminent Missionaries (1830) did something to rehabilitate him with those whom he had offended. His last work, The Black Watch (1833), had just appeared when he d. of an apoplectic seizure. His best work is somewhat like that of Galt (q.v.).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Pierpont, John

​PIERPONT, John (1785-1860).—Poet, b. at Litchfield, Conn., was first a lawyer, then a merchant, and lastly a Unitarian minister. His chief poem is The Airs of Palestine.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Percival, James Gates

Percival, James Gates (1795-1854). -- Poet, b. at Berlin, Conn., was a precocious child, and a morbid and impractical, though versatile man, with a fatal facility in writing verse on all manner of subjects and in nearly every known metre. His sentimentalism appealed to a wide circle, but his was one of the tapers which were extinguished by Lowell. He had also a reputation as a geologist. His poetic works include Prometheus and The Dream of a Day (1843).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Philips, John

Philips, John (1676-1709). -- Poet, s. of an archdeacon of Salop, and ed. at Oxf. His Splendid Shilling, a burlesque in Miltonic blank verse, still lives, and Cyder, his chief work, an imitation of Virgil's Georgics, has some fine descriptive passages. P. was also employed by Harley to write verses on Blenheim as a counterblast to Addison's Campaign. He d. at 33 of consumption.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Pinkney, Edward Coate

​PINKNEY, Edward Coate (1802-1828).—B. in London, where his f. was U.S. ambassador. He wrote a number of light graceful short poems, but fell a victim to ill-health and a morbid melancholy at 25. His longest poem is Rudolph (1825).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Phillips, Samuel

Phillips, Samuel (1814-1854). -- Novelist, of Jewish descent, studied for the Church at Göttingen and Camb., but his f. dying, he was obliged to give up his intention and take to business, page 302in which, however, he was unsuccessful, and fell into great straits. He then tried writing, and produced some novels, of which the best known was Caleb Stukely, which appeared in Blackwood in 1842. He was latterly a leader-writer for the Times.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Percy, Thomas

Percy, Thomas (1729-1811). -- Antiquary and poet, s. of a grocer at Bridgnorth, where he was b., ed. at Oxf., entered the Church, and became in 1778 Dean of Carlisle, and in 1782 Bishop of Dromore. He pub. various antiquarian works, chiefly with reference to the North of England; but is best remembered for his great service to literature in collecting and ed. many ancient ballads, pub. in 1765 as Reliques of Ancient Poetry, which did much to bring back interest in the ancient native literature, and to usher in the revival of romanticism.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Philips, Ambrose

Philips, Ambrose (1675?-1749). -- Poet, b. in Shropshire and ed. at Camb., wrote pastorals and dramas, was one of the Addison circle, and started a paper, the Freethinker, in imitation of the Spectator. He also made translations from Pindar and Anacreon, and a series of short complimentary verses, which gained for him the nickname of "Namby Pamby." His Pastorals, though poor enough, excited the jealousy of Pope, who pursued the unfortunate author with life-long enmity. P. held various Government appointments in Ireland.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Pike, Albert

​PIKE, Albert (1809-1891).—Poet, b. at Boston, Mass., was in his early days a teacher, and afterwards a successful lawyer. His now little-remembered poems were chiefly written under the inspiration of Coleridge and Keats. His chief work, Hymns to the Gods, which appeared in Blackwood's Magazine, closely imitates the latter. He also wrote prose sketches.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Pinkerton, John

​PINKERTON, John (1758-1826).—Historian and Antiquary, b. in Edin., was apprenticed to a lawyer, but took to literature, and produced a number of works distinguished by painstaking research, but disfigured by a controversial and prejudiced spirit. His first publication was Select Scottish Ballads (1783), some of which, however, were composed by himself. A valuable Essay on Medals (1784) introduced him to Gibbon and Horace Walpole. Among his other works are Ancient Scottish Poems (1786), Dissertation on the Goths (1787), Medallic History of England (1790), History of Scotland (1797), and his best work, Treatise on Rocks (1811). One of his most inveterate prejudices was against Celts of all tribes and times. He d. in obscurity in Paris.
# A Night in Acadie/Ripe Figs

Originally appeared in Vogue, 19 August 1893 and afterwards collected in A Night in Acadie, November 1897
Ripe Figs
MAMAN-NAINAINE said that when the figs were ripe Babette might go to visit her cousins down on the Bayou-Lafourche where the sugar cane grows. Not that the ripening of figs had the least thing to do with it, but that is the way Maman-Nainaine was.
It seemed to Babette a very long time to wait; for the leaves upon the trees were tender yet, and the figs were like little hard, green marbles.
But warm rains came along and plenty of strong sunshine, and though Maman-Nainaine was as patient as the statue of la Madone, and Babette as restless as a humming-bird, the first thing they both knew it was hot summer-time. Every day Babette danced out to where the fig-trees were in a long line against the fence. She walked slowly beneath them, ​carefully peering between the gnarled, spreading branches. But each time she came disconsolate away again. What she saw there finally was something that made her sing and dance the whole long day.
When Maman-Nainaine sat down in her stately way to breakfast, the following morning, her muslin cap standing like an aureole about her white, placid face, Babette approached. She bore a dainty porcelain platter, which she set down before her godmother. It contained a dozen purple figs, fringed around with their rich, green leaves.
"Ah," said Maman-Nainaine, arching her eyebrows, "how early the figs have ripened this year!"
"Oh," said Babette, "I think they have ripened very late."
"Babette," continued Maman-Nainaine, as she peeled the very plumpest figs with her pointed silver fruit-knife, "you will carry my love to them all down on Bayou-Lafourche. And tell your Tante Frosine I shall look for her at Toussaint—when the chrysanthemums are in bloom."
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# A Patriotic song, or, Bonaparte will be here

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A
PATRIOTIC SONG,
OR
Bonaparte will be here.
Abstracted from the Aberdeen Journal,
Tune,—Tillochgorum.
To which is added,
A New Song, in favour of our Militia.
(illegible text)
* A Patriotic song, or, Bonaparte will be here
* A new song, in favour of our militia
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Owen, Richard

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​OWEN. (Captain, 1837.)
Richard Owen is the son of a clergyman in co. Wexford.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 May, 1811, and was employed during the remainder of the war in the Scipion 74 and Lion 64, flag-ships of Hon. Robt. Stopford at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Blenheim 74, Capt. Sam. Warren, in the North Sea and Mediterranean. In July, 1817, after a servitude of three years on the coast of Africa and in the West Indies in the Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne, and Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, he passed his examination; and on 16 Feb. 1821, while attached to the Kangaroo surveying vessel, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Euryalus 42, Capt. Wilson Braddyll Bigland, on the Jamaica station. His next appointment was, 14 Nov. 1821, to the Leven 24, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, employed on a surveying expedition to the coast of Africa, where, during a continuance of nearly five years, he was for some time intrusted with the command of the Cockburn and Albatross schooners. In the Albatross it was his fortune, during the Ashantee war, to obtain the best thanks of Major-General Chas. Turner for his unceasing and successful exertions in getting his vessel up the river, and for his forwardness both in the boats and on shore in an attack made, 19 Feb. 1826, on the town of Maccaba. As a reward for his services, he was promoted to the rank of Commander 30 Sept. 1826. In 1828 he was employed by the Admiralty in surveying on the south coast of Wales, in connection with the Ordnance Survey; and on 9 May, 1829, he commissioned the Blossom 16, for the purpose of conducting a survey in the West Indies. ​On the latter vessel from her defective condition being paid off, Capt. Owen obtained command, 25 March, 1833, of the Thunder 6. He continued employed as before in the West Indies until advanced to his present rank 10 Jan. 1837; and has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Owen was lately employed as Auditor of the Poor-Law Commissioners. He married, 4 July, 1837, Susannah Charlotte, eldest daughter of John Walker, Esq., Ordnance Storekeeper at the Bahamas.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1826, p. 1159.
* ↑ See Rear-Admiral W. F. Owen.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oxenham, Justus

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​OXENHAM. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Justus Oxenham entered the Navy 8 Jan. 1812; passed his examination in 1821; and on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 14 April, 1826, assumed command of the Speedwell schooner, on the Jamaica station; where he was next, 5 Sept. 1828 and 4 July, 1829, appointed to the Slaney 20, Capts. Henry Gosset and Chas. Parker, and Magnificent receiving-ship, Capts. Robt. Milborne Jackson and John Paget. He returned to England in the early part of 1832, and was subsequently, from 27 Feb. 1841 until paid off in 1845, employed on the Brazilian station in command of the Cockatrice schooner. He has since been on half-pay.
He married, 15 June, 1835, Mary, only daughter of the late Mr. Peter, of Kelso, N.B., and niece of Sir John Peter, formerly H.M. Consul for the Netherlands. Agent – J. Hinxman.