Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 55Navy Records Society, 1922 |
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Abercromby Addington Admiral Admiralty Alexandria announced appointed April Army arrived August Baltic Fleet Board Bonaparte Brest British Cabinet Cadiz Captain Channel Fleet coast command Commander-in-Chief conduct Consul Copenhagen Cornwallis Country Court Czar Danish December Dickson dispatches Duckworth Duke Dundas Earl Egypt enemy England favour February feel flag officer force France French frigate Ganteaume Ganteaume's Gibraltar give Grenville honour Indies island Jamaica January July June King letter Lieutenant Lisbon Lord Hugh Seymour Lord Keith Lord Nelson Lord St Lordship Majesty Majesty's Malta March Mediterranean ment Minister naval Navy negotiations Nepean November occasion October opinion orders Paris peace Pitt port Portsmouth Portugal Portuguese post-captain Prince promotion Rear-Admiral received reported Russian sailed Secretary sent September ships Sir Hyde Parker Sir James Saumarez sloop Spanish Spencer squadron thanks tion Toulon Treaty troops Troubridge vacancy vessels Vice-Admiral Vice-Admiral Pole Vincent wish wrote Yarmouth
Populaire passages
Pagina 99 - Your Lordship's whole conduct, from your first appointment to this hour, is the subject of our constant admiration. It does not become me to make comparisons: all agree there is but one Nelson.
Pagina 4 - That, with respect to the Catholics of Ireland, another most important additional security, and one of which the effect would continually increase, might be provided by gradually attaching the Popish clergy to the Government, and, for this purpose, making them dependent for a part of their provision (under proper regulations) on the State, and by also subjecting them to superintendence and control.
Pagina 84 - I have, however, upon a consideration of the effect of your continuance at Yarmouth an hour after the wind would admit of your sailing would produce, sent down a messenger purposely to convey to you my opinion, as a private friend, that any delay in your sailing would do you irreparable injury.
Pagina 102 - That you have perfectly mistaken all that passed between us in the conversation you allude to, is most certain; and I cannot possibly depart from the opinion I gave your Lordship in my last. At the same time I am extremely concerned that it should have had so material an effect upon your...
Pagina 6 - Where is that power on earth to absolve me from the due observance of every sentence of that oath, particularly the one requiring me to " maintain the Protestant reformed religion ? " Was not my family seated on the throne for that express purpose ? And shall I be the first to suffer it to be undermined, perhaps overturned? No; I had rather beg my bread from door to door throughout Europe than consent to any such measure.
Pagina 76 - His friends in the fleet wish everything of this fleet to be forgot, for we all respect and love Sir Hyde ; but the dearer his friends, the more uneasy they have been at his idleness, for that is the truth — no criminality.
Pagina 139 - It is not given us to command success. Your Lordship, and the gallant officers and men under your orders, most certainly deserve it; and I cannot sufficiently express my admiration of the zeal and persevering courage with which this gallant enterprise was followed up, lamenting most sincerely the loss sustained in it. The...
Pagina 84 - I have heard by a side wind that you have an intention of continuing at Yarmouth till Friday, on account of some trifling circumstances. I really know not what they are, nor did I give myself the trouble of inquiring into them, supposing it impossible, after what you have written in your letter to Mr.
Pagina 158 - French troops on board, and sailing from this with passports from others than those authorized to grant them, will be forced by the officers of the ships which I command to remain in Alexandria ; in short, that ships which shall be met returning to Europe with passports granted in consequence of a particular capitulation with one of the Allied Powers, will be retained as prizes, and all individuals on board considered as prisoners of war. (Signed) "