10 Published by T. & W. Boone, 29, New Bond Street. 



NEW X.IFE OF I.ORD NEI.SON. 



SECOND EDITION. 

 In 2 vols. 8yo. Illustrated with 4 original Portraits, Engravings and Facsimiles. 



MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF 



VICE-ADMIRAL LOED VISCOUNT NELSON, 



K. B., BDKE OF BRONTE, ETC. ETC. ETC. 



DERIVED FRINCIFAIiIiY FROM HIS PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE, 

 HITHERTO UNFUBIiISHED, 



BY 



THOMAS JOSEPH PETTIGREW, ESQ., F.R.S., F.S.A. 



DOCTOR OP PHILOSOPHY OP THE UNIVERSITY OP GOTTINGEN, 

 ETC. ETC. ETC. 



CoNSlDEKiNG the number of Lives* that have been written of the Vice-Admiral 

 Lord Viscount Nelson, and the voluminous Collection of his Dispatches and Letters 

 published by the late Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, it may be reasonably be inferred, 

 that there remains nothing; further in connexion with Nelson and his varied exploits 

 to be said — that, in fact, the subject is completely exhausted ; yet, upon examination 

 it will be found that there exists a variety of interesting particulars unconfirmed — ■ 

 unexplained — and even mysterious. The full development of these, it must be 

 obvious, is only to be obtained from the Pkitate Correspondence of the cele- 

 brated hero. 



It is well known that a very intimate, indeed, an almost daily correspondence was 

 maintained between lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton ; and in the Letters and Docu- 

 ments, now to be presented to the public, a Diary will literally be found containing 

 his thoughts and reflections upon the passing events, public and private, during the 

 course of his distinguished career. But the materials from which this new Life of 

 Nelson is composed are not confined to the letters which passed between Lord Nelson 

 and Lady Hamilton — they embrace also those of the King and Queen of Naples, 

 the Emperor of Russia, the King of Sardinia, Prince Charles Felix of Savoy, many 

 distinguished Naval Commanders and celebrated Diplomatists of the time. Amons; 

 these may be mentioned: — H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, Earl St. Vincent, Earl 

 Spencer, Earl of Bristol, Lord Elgin, Lord St. Helens, Lord Hobart, Lord Sidmouth, 

 Lord Collingwood, Lord Melville, Lord Eldon, Lord Grenville, Lord Hood, Lord 

 William Gordon ; the Hon. Nicholas Vansittart, the Hon. H. Addinpton, the Hon. 

 Hugh Elliot, the Hon. General Sir W. Stewart, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Sir T. M. 

 Hardy, Sir Richard Keats, Sir J. T. Duckworth, Sir John Orde, Sir Hercules Ross, 

 Sir Brooke Boothby, Sir Sidney Smith, Sir Alexander Ball, Sir Evan Nepean, Sir 

 Edward Berry, Sir George Hose, Sir A. S. Hamond, Sir William Hoste, Sir Henry 

 Blackwood, Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Sir James Crawford, Sir Thomas Louis, Sir Ben- 

 jamin Hallowell, Sir J. Sution, Sir Manley Dixon, Sir J. Hillyar, Sir Thos. Staine.!, 

 General Sir John Acton, General Dumouriez, Admiral Tchitchagoff, Count Bernstorff, 

 Count Panin, Adjutant-General Lindholm, Governor Balascholf, Captain Lloyd, 

 Captain Parker, Captain Langford, Rev. A. J. Scolt, (Chaplain to Lord Nelson), John 

 Scott, Esq. (Secretary), William Beckford, Esq., R. Payne Knight, isq., Richard 

 Bulkeley, Esq., William Hayley, Esq., Alexander Davison, Esq, John Tjson, Esq., 

 Perkins Mngra, Esq. (Consul-General at Tunis), Lambton Este, Esq., Rev. C. Este, 

 Abbe Campbell, Dr. Baird,&c. Rev. Edmund Nelson (the father of Lord Nelson), 



* By Clarke and M'Arlhur, Charnock, White, Churchill, Harrison, Southey, fec^ 



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