(JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.) Martis 30 die Decembris 1794.

My Lord,

Victory, off Calvi, July 30, 1794.

I have this day received the very obliging letter your lordship did me the honour to write me on the 20th of last month, acquainting me of the very high and distinguished honour the lords spiritual and temporal in parliament assembled, have been pleased to confer on me, by their lordships' very flattering testimony of approbation of my services; and I shall not fail to make known to the several officers, seamen, marines, and soldiers, the second resolution, expressive of their lordships' acknowledgment and approval of their spirited and meritorious conduct.

I have invariably, my lord, laboured with the utmost diligence and zeal upon all occasions to acquit myself in my duty as a faithful servant to my king and country, conscious at the same time that in doing so, I did only what I ought; but to have it marked in so honourable and con

spicuous a manner, as by a vote of thanks from the house of lords, has impressed my mind with feelings of gratitude that can never be effaced; and must operate as a very powerful excitement, that my future conduct may not forfeit the good opinion the lords, spiritual and temporal, have so éminently manifested of me.

To you, my lord, my obligation is great in the extreme, for the very gracious and polite manner in which your lordship has conveyed to me, the stamp of reputation the house of lords has been pleased to give to my honest endeavours for discharging with fidelity my duty to the public.

I have the honour to be, with the highest sentiments of respect and esteem, my lord, your lordship's very faithful, obedient, and obliged humble servant,

The Right Hon.

Lord Chancellor.

HOOD.

(JOURNALS OF THE COMMONS)-Mercurii 21 die Decembris 1794.

Sir,

Victory, off Calvi, July 30th, 1794.

I have this day received the very obliging letter you did me the honour to write me on the 21st of last month, with two resolutions of the House of Commons.

I am most truly sensible, Sir, of the very high and distinguished honour the House has done me in thinking me deserving of its thanks; and shall not fail to make known to the several officers, seamen, marines and soldiers, the second resolution of the House, expressive of acknowledgment and approbation of their spirited and meritorious

exertions.

In doing my utmost upon all occasions against the common enemy, I did no more than I ought; all I have to boast is being fortunate in the opportunities I have had of proving my inclination to discharge my duty, as a faithful servant to my king and country; and that, whenever I have been at the head of a squadron of his Majesty's

fleet, I never experienced any other contention amongst the Admirals, Captains, Officers and men, than who should be most forward in fulfilling my wishes: this, Sir, I am and ever shall be proud of; but whilst the representatives of Great Britain in Parliament are so ready, not only to accept, but distinguishingly reward honest endeavours, as substantial services, the nation will never want able and zealous officers.

To you, Sir, I feel infinitely indebted for the very polite and obliging manner in which you have conveyed to me a vote of the House of Commons so highly honourable to me, for which, to the House, as well as to you, Sir, my gratitude can cease only with my life.

I have the honour to be, with the purest sentiments of respect and esteem, Sir, your most faithful and obliged humble servant, HOOD.

The Right Hon. H. Addington,

Speaker of the House of Commons.

We shall speak no farther at present of the Officers serving in a subordinate capacity on this occasion, who afterwards signalized themselves pre-eminently in the service of their country, and received the due meed of its gratitude; it is sufficient that the veteran so employed in the Mediterranean was fully deserving of the honors he received.

We may, however, add, that M. Pozzo di Borgo, whose name has been but recently prominent in the liberal French politics, was conspicuous in the affairs of Corsica.

Lord Hood, one of the numerous heroes whose privacy of birth has been ennobled by their heroism, nevertheless became Lieutenant as early as 1746; in the ensuing peace became Commander; and in 1756 Captain of the Jamaica sloop, in which distinguishing himself in an encounter with a small French squadron in America, he became Captain of the Lively frigate. The ensuing year he commanded the Bideford in the Bay of Biscay, and in 1758 with the Vestal, after a dreadful conflict, captured the Bellona French frigate in the Channel. Thence he proceeded to the Mediterranean, when war ceased.

When a rupture was expected in Spain in 1771, he was appointed to the Royal William of 84 guns, but quickly went out of commission. He then served the ordinary three years in the Marlbro' 74, Guard ship at Portsmouth, and in 1777, became Resident Commissioner there; where on his Majesty's visit in the following year, he received the patent of Baronetcy. In September 1778, he hoisted his flag as Rear Admiral of the Blue in the Barfleur 90 guns, and sailed with a squadron to the reinforcement of Sir George Rodney in the West Indies. Eg.

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