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at once recognised as the Victoria's boatswain, who had
fallen overboard and was drowoed about three weeks.ago
off Blackiv 11. A Thames-pOice cutter happened to be
near the Ship at the time, and, the uffi9ers witnessed the
occurrence, and,although they instantlYroled to the
spot; the man neverrOfe afterwards, and was lost. This
morning the body was placed.on the shore for the parish
autholities tutake charge of prior to the iuque-t.
An-
'other'of the crew was drowned in the course of the same
week ; he 'Was the third Mate, and appears to have
fallen otit.of tbe,ship's boat in getting onboard late at
night. His body has not•yet been picked up.
REVOLVERS FOR TEE WAR.—A further supply of
revolvers, arounnting to- 2,006, has been ordered for the
Baltic fleet. This, wilkiziade in all 4,000 for Sir Charles
Napier's force. Nearly every officer, military and naval,
has taken a revolver with him. His Ro}al Highness the
Duke" of "Cainbridge has taken four. Tee cost of an
ordinary lieVoler is V. The non -commissioned officers
of the Bth AiiPara were $O • convinced of the _usefulness
of -the wespon;th.tt they Actually pawned watches and
otb.er valuable articles, dertved from habits of prudence,
to obtain them-

DEATH •OP - ADMIRAL- -MACKELLAR.
liekillar, we regret ' tO ' say, die& at Chelten-
ham on the 14th inst., in the B.6th.year of his age. This
venerable flag-officer was in the.receipt of.a good service
' pension, and consequently was on.the reserved half-pay
list. He entered the navy in 1781, and served 25 years
afloat during the war, fur which—although he most gal-
lantly distinguished himself, and was wounded and taken
prisoner—he failed to obtain „the slightest decoration.
The following is it sketch ;of his servicee.:-,-. •
"John Mackellar, horn about 1768, at .Minorca,. was
eldest son (by Mistilliabeth Baseline, of thatisland) of
the late •General. Patrick 'Mackellar,- • colonel of 'the
Royal Engineers, who served •as chief engineer under
General .Wolfe at Quebec, ifisisted in a similar capacity
at the reduction of Martinique; Guadeloupe, and the
Havannah, and closed a most honourable' atid valuable
life'ini.ohief engineer at Mil:ion:is; in,l77o...Tnesdnairal's
otily • brother, Neil, also attained:high rink thearmy.
His •first ship was. the Rontney,..6o,. Captain
Roddam
*me,. bearing - the _breed pendant...of. Commodore
Johnstone, .and- . her he was. wounded •in the leg dur-
. ing. action- with a French squadron. under M. de'
Suffrein,• is Porto Prays Bay.
•In the Enterprise, 28,.-
he as midshipman of •that • vessel; at the cap-
' ture or destruction, in the Wat.lndies; of two valuable
Spanish poladereS, a priViteet of 16 guns and.7o men,
six' -other armed yeesele;:,:the Comfe
. de (ranee; of 20
ghns and .1:20 ' men, and, the giihaWit , of. 22, guns and
126 men, He was on, one oucasion sent up A. rivet in
charge. of. one. of several Wats,. which effected the anni-
hilation,.after a party-of native • militia-had- been defeated,
ofthestore-himses belonging to two plantations ;. and on
another; be took command of one of two boats, and aided
in destroying a privateer of 16 gun s; • notwithstan ding the
resistance-uffered by her crew, supported by some will-
tary; acid" "the presence of several Trench' men of war
lying in BestOn•Harbour. Subsequently to the general
peace we '''' the tnterprise taking,ferreal possession of
11toniserrat,. Nevis, St. Sitt's,.. and. Dominica, in conse-
quence . of. those- islands having been. restored to Great
Britain by.the Treaty of Versailles. June 19,1793, was
appointed lieutenant to the Assistance, 60, in which ship,
lie contributed to the capture, Aug. 28, 1796, of the,
French s67gun :frigate Elizabeth,. .91 ' cvq Henry,;--. In
1798
,CePt.,Aackellar obtained an ..appointment.to. the
Minerva .frigate armee. en, flute,. part of .the. force. sent
three. months afterwards, under Sir. Home Popham, to
' destroy the lock& and sluice:gates of the Bruges Canal. In
the execution of, that service he distinguished hiinSelf in a
very-remarkable manner, and obtained the particular com-
mendation nf -the Commander-in-Chief, Major-
General Coete ;• With whom, and 'the trooks. under his
orderS; tie had the misfortune td-be taken prisoner, owing
SOKy tO'.o* circumstance of, his voluntarily;re-
- riiAinec)::c.n,shpio for the purpse.Of .assuming command
of. a..detachoient. of seamen who. had unavoidably-been
left .without .an . officer of sufficient, rank .to -direct them
at.a moreent.• when; the presence of one was Absolutely
tieeessary:: Regaining his liberty in the course'of- the
next • December, Captain Mackehar- was 'rewarded for
his conduct—after having h-ekt cominattlforl4Weeki of
the Wolverene and Cheren, 44, on the home and
'Mediterranean stations., 'by advancement to post. rank,
April.27k 1799.•• He continued somemonths in the ships
last mentioned, performing during- that • period 'various
particular services, and assistm"at the-evacuation of
, the Helder ; and be was next; in 'Septeniber, 1800, and
Mardi, 1801; appointed
,the jaineica,- 26; and Terpsi-
ehot e, in the former of those '
.yeseele he escorted a
meet .0114erchantnien to and from..the..Baltic, made one •
or two captures, and Compelled .a large-privateer. com-
manded by .the famous' Blakeman, to lighten herself of
her. gums, &c., in order to effect her: eicape. On his
removal to the Terpsichore, Capt. Mackeller was at first
employed at the blockade of Boulogne and Calais, and
then in the East Indies. While on that station in Dec.,
1801, he volunteered, at a period when the Terpsichore
was in a dismantled state, to take charge of an expedi-
tion, consisting of the Marquis Cornwallis, of, 48 guns,
and. several. nf the hon. company's vessels, for• the pur-
pose of conveying a, reinforcement of 1,000 troops to
the Portugueier settlements of Densa.un and Diu. The
able and successful --manner in which he accom-
plished the- objects of the mission elicited the
high approbUtion and" thanks of • the Bombay Go-
vernment.* His exertions' in subsequently conveying a
body of 3;005 men &OM. Goa to the relief of the gover-
nor of that presidency, Hon. Jonathan Thincan, when
surrounded by his enemies- at Surat, again procured
him similar acknowledgments. He returned to Eng-
land in 1802,-having: been- latteAy employed at the
blockade .of Goa', and was afterwaids appointedin May.
1804, to the .agency for prisoners of war and transports,
and the governorship of- the:NiVal'HOepital at Halifax,
Nova Scotia, where hexemained about foivyears. Capt.
Mackellar received an address signed by the Mayor and
the heads of :49 commercial houses,
.at Jamaica, expres-
give of the sense' they entertained of the sOlicitUde he had
ilways evinced for the Welfare of the trade of theialand.
Het laecathie 'Rear-Admiral May 27,..1825,;
,a Vice-Ad-
ja1.2.1.0, .1537; and a. full Admiral July 26,. 1847,"