that he not only reprimanded the youngster severely for what he termed his insolence, but so far forgot himself as to give him a blow.  This was not to be borne, and having consulted his friend Pellew, he applied for his discharge.  Captain Stott ordered a boat immediately, for the purpose, as he said, of turning him on shore.  Pellew instantly went to the captain, and said, “If Frank Cole is to be turned out of the ship, I hope, sir, you will turn me out too.”  Their spirited conduct attracted the notice of the two lieutenants, Keppel and Lord Hugh Seymour, and laid the foundation of a friendship which continued through life:  and Lord Hugh Seymour, finding that the boys had no money, very kindly gave them an order on his agent at Marseilles.  Captain Stott afterwards tried to induce them to return, but not succeeding, he gave them the highest testimonials of their ability and desert, saying that he believed that they would become an honour to the service.  Mr. Pellew found a master of a merchant vessel on shore, who had known his family at Dover, and now offered to take him to Lisbon, but declined to accommodate a second passenger.  Mr. Pellew pleaded so earnestly for his young friend, and so positively refused to leave him, that the other at length consented to give them both a passage.  From Lisbon they reached Falmouth in one of the packets.  Little could he then suppose that he was next to see Marseilles as a commander-in-chief, and one day to save it from destruction.  Twelve years after, when he had become a post captain, and was in command of the Winchelsea, he took under his protection a son of Captain Stott, who was then dead, and did every thing in his power to promote the young man’s interests.

It was now his happiness to sail in the Blonde, with Captain Pownoll, an officer who had been trained and brought forward by Admiral Boscawen, and whose character was among the highest in the service.  Captain Pownoll soon appreciated the merit and promise of his midshipman, who returned his kindness with almost the affection of a son.  Such mutual confidence and attachment between a captain and his midshipman has very rarely been met with; and it was peculiarly fortunate for Mr. Pellew, that his quick and determined character, which, with a judgment not yet matured by experience, might have carried him into mistakes, found a guide so kind and judicious as Captain Pownoll.

And here it will not be uninteresting to observe how far the influence of a great commander may extend.  St. Vincent and Pownoll, who were brought up under Boscawen, and received their lieutenant’s commissions from him, contributed materially to form a Nelson and an Exmouth; each the founder of a school of officers, whose model is the character of their chief, and their example his successes.