himself carried the petition to
Admiral Rowley, and in the most pressing and urgent manner,
begged the life of our unhappy brother; in which he succeeded,
and Mr. Lee is reprieved. We all acknowledge our warmest and
grateful thanks to our humane, our brave, and worthy prince,
who has so nobly exerted himself in preserving the life of his
brother sailor."

In the same year, 1783, the prince, then a fine midshipman, visited
Cape Francois, and the Havannah, where the second instance of his
generous humanity occurred. It should be premised, that some of
his countrymen having broken their oath of fidelity to the Spanish
government, were in danger of suffering under sentence of death. The
governor of Louisiana, Don Galvez, offered, at the intercession of the
prince, to pardon them; and the enthusiasm which he manifested in this
"labour of love" cannot be better illustrated than by the following
letter addressed by his royal highness to the governor:--

"Sir,--I want words to express to your Excellency my just
sense of your polite letter, of the delicate manner in which
you caused it to be delivered, and your generous conduct
towards the unfortunate in your power. Their pardon, which
you have been pleased to grant on my account, is the most
agreeable present you could have offered me, and is strongly
characteristic of the bravery and gallantry of the Spanish
nation. This instance increases, if possible, my opinion of
your Excellency's humanity, which has appeared on so many
occasions, in the course of the late war.

"Admiral Rowley is to dispatch a vessel to Louisiana for
the prisoners. I am convinced they will ever think of your
Excellency's clemency with gratitude; and I have sent a
copy of your letter to the king my father, who will be fully
sensible of your Excellency's attention to me.

"I request my compliments to Madame Galvez, and that you will
be assured that actions so noble as those of your Excellency
will ever be remembered by

"Yours, sincerely, WILLIAM P."

On June 17, 1785, after a service afloat of six years and three
months, his royal highness was promoted lieutenant of the Hebe. In ten
months after this we find him serving as captain of the Pegasus; next
in the Andromeda and the Valiant; and on December 3, 1790, his royal
highness received a commission as rear-admiral of the blue, having
then been about ei