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iiiought did him high and Angular credit, 

 Conduded as it was, it had all the merit of 

 a great vidory, and I v^cW remember that, at 

 the firft moment of perufing the dlfpatches 

 concerning it, I was imprefled with a high 

 fenfe of that o{Ecer's judgment, and his valour, 

 and felt that I muft ever retain the higheft 

 'refped for his profeffional talents. To have 

 defended an inferior fleet, againft fuch unequal 

 force, and to have brought every fhip fafe 

 into port, argues a degree of inrrepid deli- 

 beration, of adilrefs, ar d of fteady valour, 

 whicii can onlv he ipund in a great com- 

 mander. To have brought in the faft faiHng 

 yeffels oi the fquadronhad been meritorious: 

 but TO have dropped aftern, with thefe, and 

 caufed them to bear the blows, in protedion. 

 of the flower vefiels, whilft they made the 

 befl: of the wind, and, thus, to have faved the 

 whole, was doubiy honourable. It was great 

 and bold, and worthy the brother of our 

 brave and long eileemed Marquis, whofe high 

 and welhappreciated talents are fo ur\iverfally 

 acknowledged, and fo increaied in fplendor, 

 by the humanity and benevolence of his na- 

 tare. That two fuch diftinguiilied comman* 



