[158] _Report of Consultation on board the “Superbe,” 7 June, 1745._ “Commodore Warren did say publickly that before the Circular Battery was reduced he would not venture in here with three times ye sea force he had with him, and, through divine assistance, we tore that [battery] and this city almost to pieces.”--_Pepperrell to Shirley, 4 July, 1745._ [159] Warren had no men to spare. He says: “If it should be thought necessary to join your troops with any men from our ships, it should only be done for some sudden attack that may be executed in one day or night.”--_Warren to Pepperrell, 11 May, 1745._ No such occasion arose. [160] _Ibid., 13 May, 1745._ On the nineteenth of May, 1746, Warren made a parting speech to the New England men at Louisbourg, in which he tells them that it was they who conquered the country, and expresses the hope that should the French try to recover it, “the same Spirit that induced you to make this Conquest will prompt you to protect it.” See the speech in _Beamish-Murdoch_, ii. 100-102. [161] See extracts in Parsons, 105, 106. The _Habitant de Louisbourg_ extols Warren, but is not partial to Pepperrell, whom he calls, incorrectly, “the son of a Boston shoemaker.” [162] To Rous, captain of a provincial cruiser, whom Warren had commended for conduct and courage, was given the command of a ship in the royal navy. “Tell your Council and Assembly, in his Majesty’s name,” writes Newcastle to Shirley, “that their conduct will always entitle them, in a particular manner, to his royal favor and protection.”--_Newcastle to Shirley, 10 August, 1745._ [163] £183,649 to Massachusetts; £16,355 to New Hampshire; £28,863 to Connecticut; £6,332 to Rhode Island. [164] Palfrey, _New England_, v. 101-109; Shirley, _Report to the Board of Trade_. _Bollan to Secretary Willard_, in _Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc._, i. 53; Hutchinson, _Hist. Mass._, ii. 391-395. _Letters of Bollan_ in Massachusetts Archives. It was through the exertions of the much-abused Thomas Hutchinson, Speaker of the Assembly and historian of Massachusetts, that the money was used for the laudable purpose of extinguishing the old debt. Shirley did his utmost to support Bollan in his efforts to obtain compensation, and after highly praising the zeal and loyalty of the people of his province, he writes to Newcastle: “Justice, as well as the affection which I bear to ’em, constrains me to beseech your Grace to recommend their Case to his Majesty’s paternal Care & Tenderness in 144 the Strongest manner.”--_Shirley to Newcastle, 6 November, 1745._