Part 2 (1/2)

As the Mutiny is alluded to briefly in the story of Havelock, I will only state that Sir Colin's vigorous, cautious, skilful policy ere long brought this fearful rebellion to a close

For his able conduct of the war he armly thanked by the Queen; and at its conclusion was raised to the peerage, under the title of Lord Clyde Colin Ca a good exa of hisin all the hardshi+ps and perils they passed through It is, therefore, not surprising that his men loved him

Not that he was by any means a perfect man He had a temper--a very hasty and passionate teood deal; but he was on the watch for that to see it did not get the better of him

Here is an entry fro of the character of the o Thank God for all His goodness to h I have suffered much from ill health, and in iue”

Let us just glance at the way this victor in a hundred fights regarded the approach of death

He prepared for his end with a humility as worthy of example as his deeds in the army had been ”Mind this,” he said to his old friend General Eyre, ”I die at peace with all the world”

He frequently asked Mrs Eyre to pray with him, and to read the Bible aloud

”Oh! for the pure air of Heaven,” he once exclaiht be laid at rest and peace on the lap of the Alood deal in his last illness, and at tile, and exclaim:--

”I aust, 1863, in his seventy-first year, ”lamented by the Queen, the army, and the people,”

he was quite ready to meet that last enemy, death, whom he had faced so often on the field of battle

A SAILOR BOLD AND TRUE

STORIES OF LORD COCHRANE

All who, forgetful of self, have striven to render their country free and glorious are true heroes Of those who have been ready to lay down their lives for the welfare of Great Britain the nuion

From them let us select one as a type of thousands of brave men who have helped to make Britain mistress of the ocean

Thomas Cochrane, son of Lord Dundonald, took to the sea as a duck takes to the water When he first went on board shi+p the lieutenant cared neither that he was Lord Cochrane nor that he was related to the captain of the shi+p He did not spare him one jot; but made him do all kinds of work, just as if he had been plain Toh training, and, being a sood fortune on one occasion to meet Lord Nelson, who in course of conversation said to hio at thehout his life; and he began pretty early too For being in command of a sloop of 158 tons, called the _Speedy_, with fourteen sood-sized Spanish vessel, with thirty-two big guns, and over 300to seize on the little English shi+p, and, so to speak, gobble it up But Cochrane, instead of waiting to be attacked,the fire of all her guns, without delivering a shot, got right under the side of the _Gaht andto board the tiny English craft, but again they were forestalled; for Cochrane with all his htened others; and ere long a reat _Gaht by the _Speedy_ into the harbour, with over 263 men on board, hale and hearty, whilst Cochrane never had a fifth of that number!

shi+p after shi+p he took, till his name became a terror to the Spaniards and French; for he was so audacious, that nowas the vessel he came across, nor how small his own, he ”went at them,” as Nelson had told hiht he ho and bravery

One of the allant deeds he did was in connection with the defence of Rosas Tied since the events related above, and Great Britain was now helping Spain in her struggle against France

When he got to Rosas the place ithin an ace of surrender The French had pounded the defences into a deplorable condition

Fort Trinidad, an important position, was about to be assaulted, the walls having been well-nigh beaten down by the fire of the enemy

Cochrane however, with an is, palisades, and barrels,even than this There was a piece of steep rock, up which the besiegers would have to clirease, so as to et a foothold, and planks with barbed hooks were placed ready to catch those ere rash enough to seek their aid

The assault was delivered--up the rock came the French, and--down they tuht hold of the planks were hooked; and, to crown all, a heavy fire was poured into the was shot ahilst a heavy cannonade was going on; but Cochrane, though the bullets histling about in every direction, cal