LIEUT.-<GENERAL THOMAS DYNELEY, C.B., R.A. 461 
thought then how Richard Hill! would have laughed if he could have 
seen Master Tom kicked along in that way. At last a dragoon took 
compassion on me and lugged me along by one hand while Morgan 
kept the other side up. On our march, I told Morgan in confidence, I 
intended to make my escape the very first opportunity and that I would 
take him with me, for which purpose he had better act as my servant ; 
he was delighted with the idea and said he would come into any plan I 
wished. When we got to this town (the name of which I forget) the 
General of division, D’Armagnac?* sent to desire I might be brought 
before him, and I accordingly set off arm in arm with my “ servant.” 
Now, Miss Eliza, you have, I think, had quite enough, so give my 
letter to Jane and let her introduce me to the General, which you must 
do, Miss Jenny, by taking me into a very large court-yard, in which was 
a table laid out with a most magnificent supper: hot soups, etc., abund- 
ance of plate, I know not how many-branched candle-sticks, with every 
sort of wine. The General was seated in the centre and addressed 
me in French. What country ?—Hnglish. He then asked me some 
other questions, and I said I did not speak French. Do you 
Italiano ?—FPoco. He then desired me to sit down and take some 
supper. ‘This was quite out of the question, for eat I could not, 
but drink I did of his claret and water like a fish. They were all 
exceedingly civil to me, offered me first of every dish. I got on very 
well with my Italian and Spanish. At last a very handsomely dressed 
fellow, who said he spoke English, came up to my chair and addressed 
me: “How do you do, young gentlemans, you one Englishman ? ”’ 
“Yes.” “ You know one very fine fellow, one Captain Hoste * of the 
ship?” “Yes I do very intimately.” ‘ You do by he is one 
very fine fellow, he dance to the ship.” After talking some time he 
exclaimed, “Oh my how sorry | was when Mr. Nelson did die. 
You one English lord?”—“No.” “One squire?”— Yes.” You may 
suppose, my dear Jane, what my feelings were at meeting unexpectedly 
with a man apparently as much pleased as myself to talk over the good 
qualities of my friend. He turned out to be a Neapolitan, and no less 
a person than the Marquis of Colonna. He said in course of conver- 
sation, ‘‘I am Colonel of the regiment,” and pointing to where Joseph 
was sitting, “I am a bit of that great house.” I afterwards learnt that 
he was chief aide-de-camp to his Majesty King José. The poor fellow 
was very civil, and offered me everything he had; however, I saw 
nothing of him from that moment. There were at least 60 people 
at supper,* near 40 of whom were Neapolitans and were at Naples 
1 His brother-in-law. 
* General D’ Armagnac commanded a division in the armée du centre in Spain in August 1812. 
He was a Brigadier-General in the 2nd corps (Soult’s) in 1808, and had a division in the armée 
du centre in 1811, and in the armée d Espagne in 1813.—Ed. 
3 Captain William Hoste, a distinguished naval officer, served under Nelson, who had a high 
opinion of him. Hoste commanded H.M.S. Amphion, one of the ships which accompanied Sir 
John Stewart’s expedition to Calabria.—Ed. 
4 Tn his memoirs, Vol. II., p. 552, Count Melito writes: ‘On the 11th August, 1811, a cavalry 
engagement, in which we had the advantage, took place between those troops and the enemy. We 
were opposed by Portuguese cavalry and English mounted artillery. The latter lost many 
eo and a few more were taken prisoners. I spoke to one of them, an English Captain of 
artillery.’ 
