by John Marshall

“ William Love took French leave, got back to his anxious father the same evening, hired a canoe, and brought him alongside the Russell just before she got under way. On his being hoisted in, some one observed; “what is the use of bringing a dying man here?” to which the wounded officer himself replied, “worth a hundred dead men yet.” ”

“ At the commencement of the French revolutionary war, we find him again joining the Russell, then under the command of Captain John Willet Payne. His promotion to the rank of lieutenant took place in April 1794; and on that occasion he was appointed to the Falcon sloop, a vessel bearing no other officer of the same rank, commanded by Captain James Bissett, and most actively employed on the Coast of Flanders. ”

“ William Love, prompted by filial affection, had quitted the Prothée, Captain Saumarez desired him not to be uneasy, as he should rate him midshipman, and assign him no other duty than that of attending upon his father. The benevolent captain then enquired what Mr. Love usually had for his dinner, and ordered his steward to take care that he was furnished with the same daily. Through the kindness of that most amiable officer, and the care and attention of others on board the Russell, Mr. ”

“ It will give us great satisfaction to lay a statement of your very persevering, and at length fortunate, exertions for the general good, before the merchants and others interested in the trade, as well as before the Committee of the Patriotic Fund, to whose notice we consider you to possess a considerable claim. ”

“ I8O7, the Driver sailed from Halifax, accompanied by the Mullet schooner and thirteen sail of merchantmen, bound to the West Indies. In crossing the Gulph Stream, the wind then blowing violently from N.W., she was struck by a most tremendous sea, which stove in the two foremost ports on the starboard side, and cleared her deck of boats, booms, &c. ”

“ The Formidable was subsequently fitted for the reception of Admiral Duncan, and she sailed through the Downs to join him on the very day that he gained his most brilliant victory off Camperdown. On her return to Portsmouth she was selected for the flag of Sir Charles Thompson, by one of whose followers Lieutenant Love was superseded in Nov. ”

“ Helen’s. She subsequently accompanied that officer to the West Indies, and returned with him from thence in Sept. 1802. During her absence from England the expected grand promotion took place, and Mr. Love had the mortification to find that, notwithstanding Earl St. Vincent’s promise, and although his messmate, the third lieutenant, was made a commander, he himself was not included. After the renewal of hostilities, he was the bearer of the following letter from Rear-Admiral Berkeley to the Chairman of the Transport Board:
“Wood End, Sept. ”