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milton, have been of the very great- 
est service to our king and country, 
to my knowledge, without her re- 
ceiving any reward from either our 
king or country: first, that she 
obtained the king of Spain’s letter, 
in 1796, to his brother the king of 
Naples, acquainting him of his in- 
tention to declare war against Eng. 
Yand ; from which letter the minis- 
try sent out orders to then sir J. 
Jervis, to strike a stroke, if oppor 
tunity offered, against either the ar- 
senals of Spains or her fleets: that 
‘ neither of «hese was done is not the 
fault of lady Hamilton; the oppor- 
tunity might have been offered. Se- 
condly, the British fleet under my 
command could never have returned 
the second time to Egypt, had not 
Yady Hamilton’s influence with the 
queen of Naples caused letters to 
be wrote to the governor of Syra- 
cuse, that he was to encourage the 
fleet being supplied with every thing, 
should they put into any port in Si- 
eily ; we put into Syracase, and re- 
ceived every supply—went to Egypt 
and destroyed the French jieet !— 
Could I have rewarded these ser- 
vices, I would not now call upon 
my country, but as that has not been 
in my power, I leave Emma lady 
Hamilton, therefore, @ legacy to my 
king and country, that they will 
give her an ample provision to 
maintain her rank in life. I also 
leave to the beneficence of my coun. 
try, my adopted daughter, Horatia 
Nelson Thompson, and I desire she 
will use in future the name of Nel- 
son only. These are the only favours 
T ask of my king and country at this 
moment, when I am going to jight 
their battle. May God bless my 
king and country, and all those I 
hold dear—my relations it is need- 
ANNUAL REGISTER; 1806. 
Tess to mention; they will of course 
be amply provided for. 
‘¢ Netson 4nD Bronte.” 
‘¢ Witness, Henry BLAcKWwoop. 
T. M. Uarpy.” 
The above article fully explains 
the unmanly and implacable ven- 
geance with which Bonaparte pur- 
sues the queen of Naples. To the 
friendly offices of that unfortunate 
princess, obtained by lady Hamil- 
ton, lord Nelson, in his last mo- 
ments, has declared, by his will, that 
this country is indebted for the glo- 
rious victory of Aboukir, and tle 
consequent defeat and flight of Bo- 
naparte. 
Prymovurtit.—A dreadfal accident 
happened on board a Swedish ship, 
just as she came to an anchor in 
Catwater. A Toaded gun was fired, 
which burst, and killed Mr. Mann, 
pilot, and so wounded Mr. M’An- , 
sland, a pilot, and two Swedish sea~ 
men, that they all died this morning. 
This port has lost two excellent pilots 
in Mr. Mann, and Mr. M’Ansland,. 
who were well acquainted with alk 
the different parts of the harbours 
and anchorages of this port. 
4th. The fishing-boats of Lowes- 
toft and Yarmouth were unusually 
successful last week. By the for- 
mer, as many mackarel were caught 
in one night, as sold on the beack 
for 12601.—The first hundred sold 
this season, fetched Sl. they were 
afterwards sold for 5s. per hundred, 
A singular robbery has been com- 
mitted in the British Museum. <A 
person whe has been in the habit of 
visiting that place for upwards of a 
year, has stolen, at different times, 
from the portfolios, a number of 
scarce and valuable engravings, by 
the Dutch masters, to the amount of 
15901. He sold them to printsellers. 
It 
