Letter from Rear-Adm. Lord Hood to General Jacob de Budé, thanking him for his letter and particularly for his advice to Hood's son [?], Henry, commenting on his nomination for Westminster [presumably as a MP] and his strong disinclination to stand, reporting on the good health and progress of Prince William, expressing concern over the political situation, the prospect of further war and the future lack of experienced Naval officers, and remarking on a recent reported sighting of an enemy fleet which proved instead to be a [British?] convoy en route to Jamaica.
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These are my sentiments, and I hope I shall have fortitude sufficient to adhere to them; for even had the voice of the people have carried my election for Westminster, against all opposition, it would have distressed me beyond measure, with such a colleague; besides, the business of so large and populous a place, would have been more intricate and troublesome than I could have undertaken, and have loaded me, with insupportable vexation I am my dear friend in another strong instance very highly indebted to your kind advice. I see the propriety of it, and it will not be thrown away upon me; but my opinion of the sad finish of the business of the 12th of April, is well, & fully known to every officer in the fleet, and I have the vanity to think, it is by no means singular, but pretty unanimously concurred in; That gallant good officer Capt Cornwallis can give perhaps a better account of the Transactions of that day, than any other Captain, as his situation enabled him to do so, being near the Formidable — There are two or three persons of whose friendship & attachment [[catchword]] I [[/catchword]]
