“...  The King has made the General a baronet of Great Britain; and ’tis said Mr. Warren will be one also, who is recommended by the Lords Justices to the King of Governor of this Place, and is made Rear Admiral of the Blue:  He hoisted his Flag yesterday Afternoon on the Superbe, when he was saluted by the Ships in the Harbour, and the Grand Battery.”

Soon after,—­if we may trust James Grant Wilson’s history,—­he did indeed receive the Order of the Bath, and so henceforward we must give him his title,—­Admiral Sir.  Peter Warren, no less!  After he came home from Louisbourg, the city of New York was so well pleased with him that the council voted him some extra land,—­which he really did not need in the least, having plenty already.

At least one more exploit was to be added to the wreath of Peter Warren’s brave enterprises in behalf of his King and country.  In 1747 the French again became troublesome.  A fleet of French men-of-war under one La Jonquiere, an able commander, was ordered to go and retake Louisbourg,—­that, at least, among other things.  Sir.  Peter went to join the English commander, Anson, off Cape Finisterre,—­(the “End of the Earth”) and acquitted himself there so gallantly and effectively that again his country rang with praise of him,—­his country which then lay on two sides of the sea.  America’s pride in him is shown by some of the comments in the New York press, after he had so brilliantly helped in the capture of La Jonquiere’s ships.  Here is, for instance, one letter from an eyewitness which was printed in the New York Gazette, August 31, 1747: 

“I have the Honour to send you some Particulars concerning the late Engagement on 3rd Instant off Cape Finisterre; which, tho’ in the greatest degree conducive to the Success of that glorious Day, yet have not been once mentioned in the publick Papers....  You may be surpriz’d, Sir, when I assert, that out of the formidable English Squadron, but seven Ships were engag’d properly speaking.  Concerning the Gallantry of three of them, which were the Headmost Ships, you have already had publick accounts; and my intention by this, is to warm your hearts with an Account of the Behaviour of two others, the Devonshire, Admiral Warren’s Ship, and the Bristol, commanded by Capt.  Montague.”

The letter goes on to describe the battle minutely, telling how Warren came boldly up to the French Commodore’s ship, and attacked her, “—­And, having receiv’d her fire, as terrible a one as ever I saw, ran up within Pistol-shot and then returned it, and continued a brisk fire till the enemy struck.”  Then, he continues, Warren “made up to the Invincible” and attacked her, later seconded by Montague.  Anson, the commanding Admiral, he adds rather drily, was at least a mile astern.

In the same edition of the paper which prints this letter, we find a little side light on the way in which Lady Warren spent her days when her magnificent husband was away at the wars.  Between an advertisement of “Window Crown-Glass just over from England,” and “A Likely Strong Negro Wench, fit for either Town or Country Business, to be sold,” we find a crisp little paragraph: