There he found that he had not lost the good opinion either of the public or of the government.

The House of Commons thanked him for his services; and he received signal marks of the favour of the Crown.

He had not been at the coronation, and had therefore missed his share of the rewards which, at the time of that solemnity, had been distributed among the chief agents in the Revolution.

The omission was now repaired; and he was created Earl of Torrington.

The King went down to Portsmouth, dined on board of the Admiral's flag ship, expressed the fullest confidence in the valour and loyalty of the navy, knighted two gallant captains, Cloudesley Shovel and John Ashby, and ordered a donative to be divided among the seamen, [450] We cannot justly blame William for having a high opinion of Torrington.
For Torrington was generally regarded as one of the bravest and most skilful officers in the navy.