Original letters and papers, between Adm--------l M---------ws and V. Adm-------l L---------k : with several letters from private hands, exhibiting many particulars hitherto unknown of the transactions in the Mediterranean : with remarks on, and answers to the Narrative of the fleet, from 1741 to 1744 : especially on the author's partiality and great liberties with the characters of some commanders : also, some observations on the conduct of the Brest fleet, &c.

Mathews was involved in over twenty courts-martial trials involving his poor leadership during a battle with French and Spanish ships in February 1744.