. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. int-ance, and render the most suspicious confident inhim. One day when fretting at the unjust treat-ment he received, he exclaimed to he admiral, Does your government mean to detail me uponthis rock until my deaths day ? Sir Pulteney replied, Such I apprehend is their purpose. |ill. Then the term of my life will soon arrive, saidNapoleon. I hope not, Sir, answered SirPulteney, I hope you will survive to record youigreat actions, which are so numerous, and thetask will ins
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. int-ance, and render the most suspicious confident inhim. One day when fretting at the unjust treat-ment he received, he exclaimed to he admiral, Does your government mean to detail me uponthis rock until my deaths day ? Sir Pulteney replied, Such I apprehend is their purpose. |ill. Then the term of my life will soon arrive, saidNapoleon. I hope not, Sir, answered SirPulteney, I hope you will survive to record youigreat actions, which are so numerous, and thetask will insure you a term of long life. Napo-leon felt the compliment and acknowledged it by abow, and soon recovered his good humour. Onhis deathbed he paid a well-merited tribute to thegenerosity and benevolence of Sir Pulteney, whoseconduct at St. Helena is described by Sir WalterScott in his Life of Napoleon, in a mannerhighly honourable to him. He was advanced tothe rank of vice-admiral July 19, 1821, and ofadmiral January 10, 1837. He died July 20,1838. A monument has been erected to his mem-ory. Subjoined is his portrait:. ^r Sir Pulteney Malcolm married, January 18,1809, Clementina, eldest daughter of the Hon. \ Elphinstone. MALCOLM, Sir John, a distinguished soldierand diplomatist, a younger brother of the subjectof the foregoing memoir, was born May 2, 1769,on the farm of Burnfoot, near Langholm, in Dum-fries-shire. In 1782 he went out to the East In-dies as a cadet in the Companys service. On hisarrival he was placed under the care of his uncle. MALCOLM, 98 SIR JOHN. Dr. Gilbert Pasley, and assiduously applied him-self to the study of the manners and languages ofthe East. The abilities which he displayed at thesiege of Seringapatam, in 1792, attracted the noticeof Lord Cornwallis, who appointed him Persianinterpreter to a body of British troops in the ser-vice of one of the native princes. In 1794, inconsequeuce of bad health, he revisited his nativecountry; but the followi
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