You made Jenny and Henny very happy by the letter you were so good to write them. I am surprised Jenny ever wrote without ' mentioning your poor Loup, who is quite well, and as fond of me as he was of you. 'He is the most sensible of animals.

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'I drank tea this afternoon in a party with 'General and Mrs. Morrison, General and 'Mrs. Trapaud, Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth, 'Sir Robert and Miss Gunning, in Colonel 'Hervey's tent, in the Museum gardens.

The camp there is the prettiest thing pos'sible, composed of the Yorkshire militia, 'seven hundred men strong. The garden is entirely encompassed by a terrace, upon which ' are pitched the officers tents, and those of the common men below. Mr. Rodney is 'still on duty in the city. No one speaks of 'Lord George Gordon now, any more than

if no such person ever existed. Numbers of 'the rioters are condemned.

'I must now bid you adieu, as I have had 'but a short notice of this conveyance, and 'must hasten to send my letter to the Ad'miralty. Believe me ever, &c. &c.,

'H. R.'

'Preferment being very difficult at home, Sir 'James Douglas has sent his son, (now a 'master and commander) to search for it in the West Indies. In this situation I cannot ' avoid complying with the request of this old and worthy Admiral, to join with him in ' recommending the young man to your favour and protection.

'I am, &c. &c. &c.

SANDWICH.'

'I am now to acknowledge the receipt of your favour, dated May 27th; in reply to the first part of which I really am at a loss for words adequate to the expression of that full and grateful sense which I feel of his Majesty's

great goodness to me, by his most gracious

' and favourable opinion, and acceptance of 'my poor services, as well as of their Lord'ships' flattering approbation of my conduct, on the 17th of April last.

So signal a mark of honourable distinc'tion, however paramount to my humble de'serts, cannot fail to rouse that naval British spirit which, I am confident, is not extinct among us, and, in the end, must produce ' that emulation in the service, the effect of which will prove, I trust, as fatal to his Ma'jesty's enemies, as it will redound to the glory of the British flag.

'It is with real pain and grief of heart, that from the contemplation of so pleasing a subject, I find myself under the necessity of 'adverting to one so disagreeable as that 'contained in the second paragraph of your ' letter.

That his Majesty's flag was not properly 'supported, is a melancholy truth which no man has, nor can have, more reason to la'ment than myself, but it is a truth which my duty to my Sovereign, and to my country, 'will not permit me to suppress, and which 'I am sorry to add, my subsequent reflections

upon the actions of that memorable day, and 'the consequences thereof, will not allow me

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now to palliate; at the same time I must

freely confess, that the task of bringing to 'trial and punishment all those who appeared 'to be, through error of judgment, or otherwise, delinquents on that occasion, is not only painful to my feelings, but, abstracted ' even from the difficulties attending the 6 same under the critical situation of naval

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'affairs in this part of the world, would, in

my poor opinion, produce none of those 'salutary effects which might reasonably be expected at home therefrom.

'I have, therefore, only selected Captain Bateman, who commanded his Majesty's ship the Yarmouth, and was one of my own

division, and Lieutenant Appleby, first Lieutenant of the Montagu, who succeeded to the command of that ship on his captain's being wounded, and rendered incapable of 'performing his duty, and whose misconduct ' appeared too manifest and notorious to be overlooked, having with my own eyes beheld their gross neglect of my orders, and 'inattention to my signals, to be tried at a

court martial, whenever the situation of 'affairs will admit of courts martial being ' held.

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'I have only to add, what indeed I have already requested, the favour of

you, Sir, to convey to their Lordships, that to this in'attention to signals, both in the van and the 'rear divisions of the squadron under my command, is to be attributed the loss of that glorious opportunity (perhaps never to be ' recovered), of terminating the naval contest in these seas.

'I cannot conclude without taking notice ' of my having, in justice to the characters of Captain Bowyer, of his Majesty's ship Albion, and Captain Douglas, of his Majesty's ship Terrible, which I heard had been un'justly and unworthily traduced in the public papers at home, certified, under my hand, my sincere belief that these gentlemen really ' meant well, and would have done their duty had they been permitted. The former of them has twice had an opportunity of proving himself a brave and gallant officer.

'On this subject, I should be guilty of the 'greatest injustice, if I did not voluntarily, and