lord, your lordship's most obliged and obedient humble servant, J. JERVIS. My Lord, Martinico, July the 28th 1794. I have received the most honorable testimonials transmitted by your lordship, of the vote of thanks of the House of Lords to myself, Lieutenant General Prescott, His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Major General Thomas Dundas, and the other officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the army under my command. We cannot fail to feel in the most eminent degree this mark of approbation and favor, and we are adequately grateful. I beg your lordship to accept my thanks for the very obliging terms in which you have been pleased to communicate this information. I have the honor to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient and very humble servant, CHARLES GREY. Boyne, St Pierre, Martinique, 26th November, 1794. Sir, On the arrival of the Queen Charlotte packet, I am this day honoured with your letter dated the 21st of May, transmitting the resolutions of the House of Commons, so flattering to myself and to the officers, seamen, and marines, it was my good fortune to command during the late operations in these seas; I shall lose no time in communicating them to Rear Admiral Thompson, and to the Captains, Officers, seamen and marines, who remain on the Leeward Island station.. No language I am master of, can express my gratitude upon this occasion; and I request you will do me the honour to convey the same to the house, in the fullest manner. The very elegant terms in which you, Sir, have been pleased to communicate these resolutions, claim my warmest thanks; and I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, Sir, your most obedient and most humble servant, By the Queen Charlotte packet, arrived this day, I received the honour of your letter of the 21st May last, with the vote of thanks from the House of Commons of Great Britain to me and the Army under my command. We feel this flattering testimonial of the public approbation of our conduct and the polite terms of your letter, Sir, by which it is communicated, as the most eminent favour, and are thereby impressed with the warmest and most lively sense of gratitude. I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, Sir, your most obedient and most humble servant, CHARLES GREY. P. S. A note from Mr. King, Deputy Secretary of State, acquaints me that your letter with those resolutions, has been so long detained there, in the expectation of my arrival in England. The Right Hon. H. Addington, Speaker of the House of Commons, As early as the 23d of April, Sir John Jervis announcing from Guadaloupe his satisfaction at the entire reduction of the French islands in those seas, stated their best posts to have been carried by the divisions of Prince Edward and Colonel Symes, and the corps under Major General Dundas. The military life of Earl Grey was marked by few incidents, but those seem to be of great good fortune. His name though ancient in Northumberland appeared as a new family, which prospered from a short period before his birth. His father, Sir Henry, had been Sheriff in 1736, and created a Baronet just ten years after. Though he entered the army therefore in some degree as a soldier of fortune, he was permitted to raise a new corps so early as March 1755, and became Lieutenant Colonel 98th foot in 1761, though ill health prevented his joining the corps at the siege of Belleisle. In December 1772, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel; the following year Aid du Camp to the King; and in 1777 Major General: when he seemed first to evince himself. In September of that year it was that the Commander in Chief in America, Sir William Howe, having received intimation that the American General Wayne was posted in a wood with 1500 picked riflemen, to harass the left wing of the army, General Grey, in the middle of the night, having ordered the flints to be taken out of his men's pieces, moved silently toward the enemy, surprized, destroyed a large number, and put the rest to an utter flight. Of the baggage captured, General Grey used to say he could not boast. One officer and a very small number of privates was the English loss. In 1782, toward the close of those toils, he became Lieutenant General, Commander of the Forces in America, and Governor of Dumbarton; and in 1783, a Knight of the Bath. Thus the present occasion found him; when with Sir John Jervis, (Lord St. Vincent) he occupied Martinique, St. Lucie, and Guadaloupe, in the most vigorous manner, and derived the honor at present recorded. There is however another which it would be wrong to omit, that of the freedom of London conferred in his best manner by the celebrated Mr. Chamberlain Wilkes, on himself and colleague and with some remarkable circumstances. Having said this, it will naturally be expected that the terms should be recorded-they were as follow: "Gentlemen, "I give you joy, and I feel my pride, as an Englishman, and as Chamberlain of this great City, highly gratified indeed, in the honor of communicating to two so brave and illustrious commanders in the fleets and armies of my |