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 just claim to command them, and most sincerely do I hope that they may conduce to the attainment of that rank in the service, the duties of which, my knowledge of your ability and zeal enables me to say, you are so well qualified to fulfil. The enclosed is a brief enumeration of your services while under my command, tho’ I cannot at present make a reference to the dates of them. I remain, my dear Sir, very faithfully yours,

(Signed)“, Rear-Admiral.”

“To Captain Edward Lloyd, R.N.”

Donnington Priory, Oct. 29, 1819.

“Captain Edward Lloyd having applied to me to certify my opinion of his services during the time I was commander-in-chief on the Cape of Good Hope station, it is in justice to him that I say, he was recommended to me by Sir Josias Rowley for his long and tried services under that officer’s command, and that he shewed very great zeal and ability on every occasion where he was employed by me.

(Signed)“, Admiral.

H.M.S. Phaeton, Portsmouth, Nov. 5, 1819.

“My dear Sir,– If any testimony of mine can assist your views, I beg that you will command me. The time you acted under my command, at the capture of the Isle of France, your zeal and your ability, were alike conspicuous. I know how much it was the wish of General Abercromby that you should be recommended for immediate promotion. I spoke to Admiral Bertie on the subject, who admitted your merits and your claims i but as I proceeded to England in the ship that carried the despatches, it was not possible for me to press your promotion. I have, however, no doubt but Sir Albemarle Bertie will be ready to do his utmost in the furtherance of your wishes. Believe me, my dear Sir, moat faithfully yours,

(Signed)“.”

The letter from Captain (now Sir Nisbet) Willoughby, of which we have given a copy at p. 302.

The Esk sailed for the Leeward Islands, to join the squadron under Rear-Admiral (now Sir William C.) Fahie, Nov. 8th, 1810 ; and we soon afterwards find Captain Lloyd entering into a correspondence with the governor of Cumana, relative to the murder of Mr. George M‘Arthur, master of the British merchant schooner Eagle, by one Manuel Nieves, a native of Portugal, professing himself authorized to cruise